Deanna Santiago is the Circle Keeper and a Restorative Justice Coordinator at Empower House San Antonio. She creates fun, safe, and brave spaces for people to share authentically from the heart, show up as their whole selves, and be seen and heard. Her work includes conflict resolution, peacemaking, grief support as well as relationship/community building and development. As a well-respected presenter and facilitator, Deanna educates community in restorative justice practices and frameworks, racial and social justice issues, healthy relationships, and trauma informed community care. She has extensive experience working with youth in and of schools and is an Intimate Partner Violence Advocate for her organization.

In her spare time Deanna loves to paint and draw, garden for making holistic herbal medicines, and karaoke as a diva superstar.