Catherine Labiran is a New York-based, London-raised, Nigerian social justice advocate, researcher, somatics practitioner, and poet. She is particularly interested in the relationship between creative expression, healing and liberation. She has worked with a number organizations including The Praxis Project, The Black Alliance for Just Immigration and The US Human Rights Network. She has had the honor of serving on a number committees including the advisory committee for National Bail Out and the planning committee for United We Rise. Catherine has also served as a consultant for a variety of organizations including The Center for Third World Organizing, The GRO Fund, me too. International, Black Feminist Future, The Leadership Learning Community and Community Change. Catherine holds a BA in Psychology from Emory University, an MA in African Studies from Yale, a certification in Data Science from HarvardX and certifications in Somatic Attachment Therapy and Embodied Conflict Resolution from The Embody Lab.