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Eréndira Jiménez Esquinca

erendira.jimenez@gmail.com

www.erendirajimenez.com

San Diego, CA

Education

2019


2013


2009


M. Div., Yale Divinity School


M.A., Spirituality, Bellarmine University


B.S., Psychology, Seattle Pacific University

Recent Professional Work

2024-Present




2020-Present



2020-Present



2021-2024



2021-2024






2022-2023



2021-2022

Portal

Holistic Financial Strategist


Spirit School

Founder and Creative Director


Spirit Sessions

Spiritual Companion, Coach, Consultant

enfleshed

LTM Guest Contributor


Episcopal Church, Office of Church Planting

- Discerning Missional Leadership, Assessment and Retreat Facilitator

- Decolonizing Church Planting, Cohort Coach


The Retreat House

Wisdom Circle Support


Virginia Theological Seminary

DEI Audit

Podcasts/Speaking/Interviews

2023 Uncommon Good, Podcast Guest

2022Episcopal Young Adult & Campus Ministries Conference, Keynote Speaker

2022Heart Snuggles, Podcast Guest

2021For Them, Editorial Interview

2021Pure to Pieces, Podcast Guest

Publications

2024 — Spirit School Press, Zines Vol. 4

- “I Am” Mini Zines


Spirit School Press, Zines Vol. 3

- Following the Spiral Zine Workbook

- What’s Your Liberation Story? Zine Workbook


2022 — Spirit School Press, Zines Vol. 2

- Dwelling in Belovedness, Encountering Liberation: Toward an Ethic of Becoming

- A Reminder To Self: words and images of a mindbodyspirit moving through time/space


2021 — Spirit School Press, Zines Vol. 1

- Deabstracting Decolonization: Thoughts From an Individual Exploratory Journey

- Shadow Movements: Personal Essays on Cycles and Change

- The Divorce Rite


2020 — VOICE Journal, Contributor

2017 — South Writ Large, Contributor

Exhibitions

2025 — Los Angeles Zine Fest, Los Angeles, CA


2024 — Convoy District Zine Fest, San Diego, CA

— American Library Association, Zine Pavilion, San Diego, CA

— Compressed Zine Fair, San Diego, CA

— Orange County Zine Fair, Anaheim, CA

— Oceanside Zine and Print Fair, Oceanside, CA

— San Diego Zine Fest, San Diego, CA

2023 — Compressed Zine Fest, San Diego, CA

2022 — SD Zine Fest, San Diego, CA


2021 — SD Zine Fest, San Diego, CA

Workshops

2023 What’s Your Liberation Story? 2.0: 9 Weeks of Unearthing a Personal Spirituality Narrative, Creative Self-Expression, and Story-Sharing Towards Collective Transformation (A zine workshop)


2023 Zine 101: Zine Creation & Personal Meaning-Making as a Spiritual Practice


2020 What’s Your Liberation Story?: A six-week mini course to explore your spiritual autobiography and deepen your life’s connection to liberation narratives

Other Professional Experience

On-Site Coordinator of Faith-Based Services at the Migrant Youth Shelter

March-June 2021: The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, San Diego, CA


Southwest Region Organizer

June 2019-August 2020: The Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Meriden, CT


Intern at Office of Congregational Vitality

September 2018-May 2019: The Episcopal Diocese of New York, New York, NY


Graduate Assistant at La Casa Cultural: The Latino Cultural Center at Yale

January 2017-May 2018: Yale University, New Haven, CT


Episcopal Campus Minister at the University of Louisville

August 2013-July 2016: The Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, Louisville, KY