Empowering individuals and organizations through capacity-building, professional development, and wellbeing strategies.

Luna Nueva Wellness is founded and led by Cynthia Lorena Gamarra, a first generation-born Latina and bilingual mental health therapist with a background in nonprofit management.

Our mission-driven organization is made up of diverse, passionate individuals who support educators, nonprofit professionals, public service workers, and corporate teams. We provide the tools, training, and strategies needed to build healthier workplaces, resilient teams, and stronger communities.

Personalized, trauma-informed trainings and mental health & wellbeing programs rooted in accesibility, inclusion, and cultural sensitivity.

Capacity-Building for Philanthropic Institutions

We provide tailored strategies and training to help foundations strengthen their grantee networks, integrating trauma-informed, accessible, and culturally responsive approaches for long-term impact.

Mental Health & Wellbeing Initiatives

We design customized workshops and programs that promote mental wellbeing, integrating accessibility, inclusion, and cultural responsiveness to meet the unique needs of diverse communities and the people who serve them.

Professional Development for Direct Care Staff & Youth Serving Professionals

Our team specializes in working with migrant youth and families, diverse youth, and other communities holding marginalized identities. We utilize a strengths based approach and specialize in the Positive Youth Development (PYD) framework.

Corporate Mental Health, Wellbeing and Leadership Coaching

Our personalized coaching and wellness programs support staff and leaders in embodying tools that create healthier workplace cultures, reducing burnout, and prioritizing mental health with an equity-driven approach.

We Believe:

Wellbeing and knowledge create a ripple effect—when individuals are supported and equipped with the right tools, their impact strengthens workplaces, schools, and communities, driving meaningful growth.

Featured Trainings

Our interactive, trauma-informed trainings equip professionals with the tools to promote mental wellness, strengthen leadership, and support diverse communities through evidence-based strategies.

Not sure what is right for you or your organization? We can help you design a custom offering.

  • Practical skills, strategies and frameworks to support mental wellness, prevent burnout, and embody a culture of wellbeing in the workplace.

  • Building Trauma-Informed Workplaces in Supporting Migrant Youth & Families. Defining trauma and learning about migration-specific trauma and its impacts on youth and family systems.

  • A coaching workshop for leaders to develop emotional intelligence, navigate workplace challenges, and build a trauma-informed, wellness-focused leadership style.

  • Self care that is not rooted in capitalism and consumerism, but rather, rest as resistance, with an emphasis on community-building, and more.

  • Equipping professionals with the knowledge and tools to recognize, respond to, and mitigate the impact of trauma in individuals and communities. Additionally, understanding the importance of self care and managing second-hand/vicarious trauma.

  • Evidence-based trainings rooted in the Positive Youth Development framework, strength-based approaches, and culturally responsive practices.

Featured Programs

We offer customized wellbeing and leadership programs designed to create sustainable mental health solutions, prevent burnout, empower individuals and organizations to thrive, and more.

Not sure what is right for you or your organization? We can help you design a custom offering.

  • Customized plans to integrate mental health and wellbeing into organizational culture.

  • Practical tools to help employees recognize, manage, and prevent stress and burnout.

  • One-on-one and group coaching for leaders to develop emotional intelligence, navigate workplace challenges, and build a trauma-informed, wellness-focused leadership style.