Ames Paulson (she/they) is the founding Executive Director of Healing Together Global, a global nonprofit advancing mental health equity through trauma healing, cultural practice, and social justice. Rooted in Healing Justice and Transformative Justice, they train BIPOC community leaders in the U.S., Uganda, and Nepal as peer Healing Advocates, integrating contemplative, somatic, and ancestral practices to disrupt cycles of trauma and violence. Ames also co-founded Resilient Together Farms, a land-based healing, growing, and climate justice sanctuary in California’s Central Valley.