My name is Mosaico “Mo” and I am a Trilingual (English/Spanish/French) trans person (agender, use Mo as pronoun), who is neurodivergent (ADHD/Autism), working class/poor, disabled, of Mexican lineage, and in long-term recovery from addiction. I am also an unapologetic police & prison abolitionist.
I was born on Caddo and Wichita nation lands (Dallas), Texas and have grown up in the surrounding area. My family history is represented by both the colonizer and the colonized. My indigenous side is represented by the Balsas River Basin – West Guerrero and the Northern Mexican Plateau. My colonizer side is from Spain/Portugal.
Prior to becoming a therapist, I worked in advocacy organizations. I was inspired to become a therapist because mental health systems and 12-step programs, imperfect as they were, helped me survive the painful challenges related to the prior mentioned identities. I also was called to healing because I saw how abuse and rupture permeated organizing relationships and efforts. I sensed the need for skills that could repair and help folks heal the trauma cycles that permitted and fostered abusive practices, so I decided to go back to school and become what I believe we needed.
Recovery, school, and community work have all offered lessons and skills that I believe are essential for helping the world accomplish police and prison abolition and rebuild itself based in unconditional love, respect and acceptance. I contextualize my individual healing and community work from this belief.
Currently I practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate supervised by Kimberly Harkey, MEd, LPC-S. I primarily draw from my recovery & abolitionist beliefs, but also pull from Internal Family Systems, Play Therapy, EMDR and expressive arts.
