Meet The Team

  • Viergelyn Chery-Reed, LMHC, ET

    Meet Viergelyn Chery-Reed, LMHC, ET
    Psychotherapist | Intuitive Life & Leadership Coach | Spiritual Mentor

    Viergelyn Chery-Reed (she/they) is a Caribbean Indigenous queer intuitive visionary, licensed trauma-focused psychotherapist, professional life coach, and holistic healer. She specializes in complex trauma, intergenerational healing, ancestral wisdom transmission, and regenerative care practices.

    As the Founder & Executive Director of Four Waters Rising, a nonprofit rooted in collective healing justice, Viergelyn aims to co-create a world where culturally diverse communities have access to supportive, empowering spaces that foster holistic well-being, creative expression, multidimensional intelligence, and relational connection across generations.

    At GroundingHearts, Inc with over 12+ years of experience in clinical mental health counseling, and at Sacred Aura & Co, blending intuitive leadership coaching + performance , energetics, and holistic healing, and spiritual technologies to generate embodied, collective impact.

    In addition, she is a clinical supervisor, professor, independent scholar, and storyteller, Viergelyn is devoted to creating embodied and activating liberatory spaces and culturally responsive frameworks that affirm culturally centered medicine, ancestral knowledge, and creative expression. Her work seeks to reduce health disparities, address systemic trauma, and empower historically marginalized communities through regenerative practices rooted in inclusion, creativity, wellness, and ancestral restoration.

    📍Boston, MA | Powered By Ancestral Technologies

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    Talia L. McCray

    Meet Talia L. McCray (she/her) 

    Urban Farmer | Ethnobotanist | Community Advocate

    Talia L. McCray (she/her) is an urban farmer, ethnobotanist, educator, and community advocate dedicated to reconnecting people with the land through sustainable growing practices and Afro-Indigenous ecological knowledge. Inspired by generations of family wisdom and strengthened through training with the Urban Farming Institute of Boston, Talia's work bridges agriculture, environmental stewardship, and community empowerment.

    As the founder and head grower of Gold n Greens Micro Farm and co-founder of Blue Bottle Remedies, she cultivates herbs, flowers, and produce while creating educational spaces that preserve traditional growing practices, ethnobotanical knowledge, and land-based healing. Her work centers food sovereignty, cultural preservation, and strengthening communities through accessible environmental education.

    At Four Waters Rising, Talia serves as Treasurer, bringing her expertise in sustainable agriculture, and community collaboration to support culturally rooted wellness and collective healing initiatives.

    📍Boston, MA

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    ShaQuan Read, LMHC

    Meet ShaQuan Read, LMHC

    Founder, Rooted in Breath Wellness | Therapist

    ShaQuan Read (she/her) is a licensed mental health counselor, somatic practitioner, and founder of Rooted in Breath Wellness, where she helps BIPOC women, creatives, and high-performing professionals reconnect with their inner wisdom and break free from trauma, burnout, and performance blocks.

    With 10+ years of clinical experience, ShaQuan specializes in identity-based trauma, perinatal mental health, and nervous system regulation. Her integrative style fuses EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic therapy, yoga, and breathwork to create deep, embodied healing spaces.

    She also mentors fellow therapists in trauma-informed, culturally attuned care—amplifying holistic practices in mental health systems.

    At Four Waters Rising, she contributes her skills and knowledge as Board Secretary and program strategy & development, offering her gifts to a collective vision rooted in liberation, creative growth, and community-centered wellness.

    📍Westborough, MA | Trauma Healer & Educator | @shaquanreadlmhc

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    TiElla Grimes, M.Ed., CPC

    Meet TiElla Grimes, M.Ed., CPC
    Founder, InnHer Uplift Consulting | Generational Strategist

    TiElla Grimes (she/her) is a visionary leader with 20+ years of experience in mindset coaching, intergenerational healing, and organizational development. As Founder of InnHer Uplift Consulting LLC, she empowers individuals and institutions to strengthen mental fitness, emotional resilience, and self-leadership through high-impact training, workshops, and coaching experiences.

    Her career spans youth development, nonprofit leadership, and corporate education, centering self-awareness, critical thinking, and the power of generational wisdom. From classrooms to boardrooms, TiElla’s programs guide people toward personal growth, collective transformation, and meaningful community impact.

    At Four Waters Rising, she serves as a board member, bringing her signature blend of strategic insight and critical leadership to the program strategy & development committee to co-create sustainable, culturally rooted pathways for liberation and empowerment.

    📍Boston, MA | Building Bridges Across Generations | @InnHerUpliftConsulting

Council of Advisors

Our Council of Advisors is a collective of trusted thought partners, cultural strategists, and community-rooted leaders who guide our vision with wisdom, integrity, and lived expertise.

If you're interested in joining the Council of Advisors or supporting our mission, we invite you to reach out and connect with us.