Mindfulness and Meditation Trainer at World Peace Initiative

• Guatemala
• Active Peace Architect

Zio is a creative and multitalented Graphic Designer and Entrepreneur with an "Outside the Box + Inside the Sphere" mindset. With 15+ years of experience in the arts, craft and corporative field; she manage to cope with burnout and chronic stress with different holistic tools for wellbeing; finding in meditation a very transformative discipline that catapulted her professional career and constantly improves her health and personal development. Currently, she is the Regional Coordinator for The Americas in the World Peace Initiative Foundation and founder of the Choco Treat Factory in Guatemala. She began an employment relationship with WPI in 2018 as volunteer with the Peace Revolution Project; then in 2019 as a worldwide graphic designer, and in 2021 she took over the coordination for the Medita.Conecta.Vive, the Latin-American community of the WPI Foundation. For five years she also managed the Guatemala Peace Club project and had the chance to participated in the International Peace Training in 2019 in Loei Thailand, where she learned about meditation directly with Buddhist monk teachers from the Theravada tradition. In her career transition, she has explored the wellness practices of meditation, mindfulness, habit development, cacao medicine, yoga, dance, art, sing and sound healing. As well, she has coordinate events, courses, trainings, teach and collaborate in talks, conferences, and mentorships in different countries such as The United States, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Ukraine, Thailand, Iraq, Pakistan, Malaysia and India. The experience and tools she has gotten are to support people in their own life path that allow them to connect with their inner self and build their best version of themselves with a genuine purpose of restoring wellness, peace and happiness. Her journey started with a small action of closing my eyes. So, she truly believes that the meditation approach can truly create awareness and impact lives that benefit the whole world. 'Focus our minds with a genuine purpose and constant practice of meditation and mindfulness, makes everything possible!'

Beginner Course for Certified Mindfulness & Meditation Trainers

Certified Peace Architect since 4 Oct 2020