About Jhorna

Jhorna’s work began with her own journey to live her authentic self. As a transcontinental adoptee, growing up in Eastern Africa and the Indian subcontinent, she grappled with her own identity, sense of belonging, and where her “I” fit into the many collective groups she has had the privilege to be a part of.

Upon her arrival in the United States, without a community of support, she felt ill-equipped to face the challenges of cultural adjustment and the realities of racism both in her community and in her work life. This propelled her to pursue her Master’s degree in Service, Leadership, and Management to gain the tools she needed. Her work in mental health, higher education, and cultural adjustment through the study abroad experience, supported others in their own holistic development. But, at the birth of her daughter, the layers of “othering” and rejection in her life sent her into a spiritual emergency and it was there that she consciously began to heal her primal wound from the loss of her birth family, transmuting her internalized oppression, and increase her self-worth.  As a stay at home mother, she entered what she now fondly calls the “mommastary”, where, in her isolation, she connected with her Divine guides and angels and began to receive downloads on how to effectively grieve, create internal empowerment, and claim her own inner sense of belonging. Today, she bridges a 20-year professional background in identity development with the art of spiritual connection. She is passionate about supporting other professional Women of Color, parents of Transracial Adoptees, and other change-makers in their journeys to heal individual and societal trauma, connect to their intuitive knowing, and contribute powerfully to making the world an equitable place for all. When she is not connecting deeply with others to co-create their next best version of themselves, she is hiking, cooking and spending intentional time with her two beautiful kids and wonderful husband.