Atava Garcia Swiecicki
Atava Garcia Swiecicki, MA, RH (AHG) (she/her/ella) is an herbalist, author and educator who is guided by her dreams and her ancestors. She is dedicated to remembering the healing traditions of her ancestors and supporting others to reconnect with their own ancestral medicine.
Atava has studied healing arts extensively for over thirty years and was the founder of Ancestral Apothecary School of Herbal, Folk & Indigenous Medicine in Oakland, CA. In 2022, Atava gave birth to her first book, The Curanderx Toolkit: Reclaiming Ancestral Latinx Plant Medicine and Rituals for Healing. She is passionate about plants, ancestral medicine practices, and healing justice. After living for over three decades in the Bay Area, Atava moved to New Mexico where she is learning how to grow food and medicine in the high desert, continuing to teach, see clients, and dreaming up her next book.