An educational researcher plans to study trauma but instead explores her lived experiences. Lisa Collins, Ed.D became her research subject after her medical doctor demanded she take off from work. Lisa examined her racial trauma and found a solution and healing for herself and others. She holds degrees in psychology and education and works as an Assistant Professor at Lewis and Clark College and a business consultant in Portland, Oregon. Lisa is a professional who provides healing frameworks to a world in need. Dr. Collins specializes in racial healing for people of color and non-people of color. She utilizes her life coaching from Conscious Freedom and spirituality to provide acceptance and space for connectedness and oneness in a world that needs it so much.