Through her passion for education, Christella Villatoro used the disciplines of mindfulness, self-compassion, and dance to free herself of her adversities, which include lupus, mental illness, and the challenges of teen pregnancy.
She is living her dream life and founded her company, Empowered Psychology, where she creates seminars to heal the mind and advocates for mental health, personal development, and lupus awareness. She is also training to become a professional dance artist and pursuing a PhD, where she hopes to combine her disciplines of dance and psychology to create social interventions.