Elsa Navarrete - Founder

Elsa Navarrete is a professional with a diverse background that includes experience in Psychotherapy, business and the arts. 

She is the Founder of Xol@, an organization that facilitates conversations about death and grief to help people live better lives. 

She is a trained and certified Thanatologist (the scientific study of death and the psychological and social aspects of dying and loss), holds a Bachelor of Arts  degree in Psychology & Business Administration, and studied a Master of Arts in Psychotherapy,

Her top skills include special education, motivational speaking, and public speaking. She believes her greatest strength is her curiosity about what motivates people, a skill she has developed through her varied career experiences.

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Her goal is to open the conversation about dying, normalizing a process we all will experience at some point in a empathetic manner and in doing so living a better life.