Media Bio

Brenda Ramos is the ninth child and second daughter of Bienvenida and Ezequiel. She is the granddaughter of Leonor and Aristarco. And she is a proud single mama to Ezequiel Hermes. Her bloodlines trace back to the Jíbaro mountain people of Borikén (colonially known as Puerto Rico). She carries the sacred, sensual, and spiritual legacy of her Taíno ancestors, grounding her life and work in ancestral knowing and embodied resistance. She also carries the ancestry of Spanish colonizers—an inheritance she neither erases nor reveres. She names it to remember that healing isn’t just personal, it’s historical—and she’s committed to breaking cycles of silence, domination, and erasure.

She is a foul-mouthed, spirit-led, stardust-and-light-filled being aka a complex system of atoms, neurons, and soul navigating a whole-ass human experience in a world shaped by white supremacy, patriarchy, and extraction.

As a mindfulness-based mentor, meditation teacher, and movement guide, Brenda helps people identify where they are living in dissonance with their values, reconnecting them to their body’s wisdom, and guiding them toward lives rooted in justice, joy, and collective care. Her approach is liberation-centered, heart-forward, and unapologetically anti-capitalist.

Her clients are often the quiet disruptors, the observant creatives and deep-feeling thinkers who once played by the rules of dominant culture, but now reject its hollow promises. They come with radical curiosity and leave with sacred clarity—ready to reimagine themselves, their communities, and the world with wild love, strategic rebellion, and deep rest.

For nearly two decades, Brenda taught hundreds of people across the globe how to access their sensual power through salsa dance. Today, she supports clients in finding their unique rhythm and purpose through embodiment, reflection, meditation, rest, and movement—healing from internalized oppression and moving toward lives that feel deeply aligned and decolonized.

Brenda lives on Turtle Island, as part of the Borikua diaspora on unceded Munsee Lenape land (currently known as Hoboken, NJ). She lives with one of her many brothers, and together they lovingly care for their 95-year-old mom—a daily act of resistance, reverence, and revolutionary tenderness. Brenda carries this same devotion into her community and practice. She holds intersectional identities as a queer, cisgender, working class, white-presenting yet firmly rooted in her lineage. She’s also a sister, titi, best friend, sensual lover, committed student, dark chocolate snob, chocolate chip cookie devourer, random drooler, and proud goofball. When she’s not caregiving, she’s chillin’ with her son and cats, streaming her favorite shows, or scheming toward liberation.

Connect with Brenda:
Website: Authenticwholeself.com
Instagram: @authenticwholeselfliving
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Brenda Ramos sits cross-legged on a cobblestone street in an urban alleyway, surrounded by brick buildings, plants, and utility poles.
Brenda Ramos with curly hair standing outdoors by a waterfront, wearing a patterned long-sleeve dress, arms crossed.
Brenda Ramos meditating in a seated yoga pose indoors with plants in the background, wearing colorful pants and a beige cardigan.
Brenda Ramos wearing glasses holding a drink and a laptop, smiling on a couch.
Brenda Ramos sitting cross-legged on cobblestone street, laughing, with red high heels beside her; surrounded by urban alley with brick buildings.