Community Partnership is our North Star

Honoring the wisdom that already exists within communities.

A culturally responsive evaluation, coaching, and equity training practice. We translate lived experience into evidence that moves both hearts and systems.

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Who We Are

Estella Lucia partners with communities navigating health inequities.

Founded and led by Dr. LaShaune Johnson, Estella Lucia integrates medical sociology, arts-based methods, and culturally responsive engagement to support communities, organizations, and funders working at the intersections of health, equity, and justice. We offer skills in evaluation design, arts-based methods, and equity frameworks while learning from the people whose lives we're honored to help document.

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How We Work Together

The Four Sacred Practices.

Methods used not just to gather information, but to create counterspaces where communities can heal, connect, and see their wisdom reflected back.

Story-Centered Evaluation Design

Frameworks where community narratives drive the questions.

Arts-Based Community Engagement

Counterspaces for unlocking community wisdom.

Accompaniment in Practice

Walking alongside organizations to build sustainable capacity.

Poetry as Witness

Translating experiences into narratives that heal and advocate.

Meet The Founder

Dr. LaShaune Johnson

Medical Sociologist · Certified Listener Poet

Dr. Johnson has spent her career working at the intersections where health inequities take root. She knows what it means to be both researcher and researched, evaluator and evaluated, and that dual perspective shapes everything about how Estella Lucia works.

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Whether you're scoping an evaluation, exploring a coaching engagement, or considering a long-term partnership, we'd love to hear what you're working on.

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