About Jessica Rodriguez Becker

Jessica Rodriguez Becker lives in Germantown, with her family. She's been a Philly resident since 1999 but was born and raised in NYC and is of Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Indigena/Latinx descent. Her  parents were born in Puerto Rico (the island originally called Borinquen) and she feels most at home near the equator. She is a mother, host, sister, wife, lover, aunt, connector, listener, daughter, helper, and friend.  She's a writer, specifically in love with poetry and poetic prose, a Spanish teacher, a local activist and a lover of art and music. She's a student and a big fan of books. She loves her blackness, her Caribbean-ness, her womanhood and her mother-heart. She loves her friendship and her advocacy. She is currently seeking to more deeply know herself, to know God and to bravely tell the truth.  Jessica was led to a yoga practice and in turn remembered a deep love for herself and her body. She loves to be part of the liberating journey that practicing yoga inspires in others, especially those who have been excluded and invisibilized in modern capitalist structures. She is committed to bringing healing mindfulness and embodiment work to folks who identify as fat, disabled, queer, black and brown and she is always on a journey of decolonizing both her practice and her mind.