Erna Kim Hacket- Founder

Erna is a preacher, coach, entrepreneur, and public theologian committed to creating liberative healing spaces. She is the founder of Liberated Together, which she launched in 2019 to support women of color, queer WOC, trans and non-binary folks deconstructing Christianity and reimagining faith. Erna’s work is rooted in a commitment to help folks heal from spiritual and systemic harm so they can lead authentically and build the communities they deeply desire—ones shaped by justice, wholeness, ancestral wisdom, and collective liberation.

Born in Seattle, she was raised in the Korean immigrant church. Erna spent 18 years working in a white evangelical college ministry, where she led social justice programs and supported

Black Campus Ministries. In 2018, she became Executive Pastor at The Way Christian Center, a historically Black, justice-focused church in Berkeley, California. Erna holds a Master’s in Intercultural Studies from the Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies, where she deepened her engagement with Indigenous worldviews and decolonial frameworks. In 2023, Erna launched Liberated Together Spiritual Direction School, training WOC, queer WOC, and non-binary individuals to offer spiritual care in their own communities.

Erna lives in the Bay Area with her husband of 17 years. Child-free by choice, she finds joy in hiking with her dog and savoring good cheese.

Meet the Team

Cindy S Lee

DIRECTOR OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION SCHOOL/ Cohort Alum
Cindy is a Taiwanese-American spiritual director and aspiring mystic. Her spirituality honors the traditions of her family which includes the Christian tradition in a Taiwanese immigrant church as well as Taiwanese ancestral, Daoist, and Buddhist traditions. Daoists believe that the divine is unnameable and simply call her the Dao, the way. Therefore Cindy’s spirituality is a way of life that embraces divine mystery and honors the sacredness in all beings and in all nature.
Rev. Riana Shaw Robinson

GROWN ASS WOMEN COHORT/ Cohort Alum

Rev. Riana Shaw Robinson is a preacher, pastor, and prophet. She is the Birthing Pastor of Miriam's Song Church - a community that centers the healing, wholeness, and flourishing of women and non-binary folks of color guided by the divine liberation embodied in Jesus. Riana is a graduate of the Liberated Together Spiritual Direction School. She preaches at churches throughout the Bay Area with an invitation to love God, self, and neighbor.
LeAnn D Jenkins

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION SCHOOL
As a child of the Southern black church in the United States, LeAnn grounds herself in the embodied focus on moving in the Spirit that comes from her lineage. She connects to the Spirit most through singing, dancing, nature, and mystery. LeAnn is committed to participating in our collective liberation by creating spaces of exploration, healing, and collaboration.
Puanani Poti-Calvillo

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION SCHOOL and ASIAN AMERICAN PASIFIKA COHORT/ Cohort Alum
A proud Samoan Pilipina from southern California, Puananis’s story is woven together by a collective of lived experiences, relationships, spirituality, roles, ancestral wisdom & education. She feels the most connected to the Divine & to her body when in movement, whether it be dancing in the kitchen with her children, swimming in the ocean, or swinging kettlebells.
Lenore Three Stars (Oglala Lakota)

BADASS INDIGENOUS GRANDMAS COHORT

Lenore was born on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and received her B.A. from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Upon retiring from a federal civil rights career in Seattle, she moved to Spokane to be an active unci (grandmother) to her two takojas (grandkids). She earned her M.A. through the North American Institute of Indigenous Theological Studies from Portland Seminary of George Fox University in Oregon. Lenore serves as a facilitator for the annual Journey to Mosaic, a faith-based racial reconciliation experience in the Pacific Northwest. She speaks, writes, and serves with nonprofits related to her interests in the local community, Native culture, and creation care.
Edith Woodley (Eastern Shoshone Tribe)

BADASS INDIGENOUS GRANDMAS COHORT

Edith Woodley is a speaker/mentor on issues concerning Native American Spirituality and Creation. As a full-time mother, grandmother and farmer, she has developed a unique relationship with the land and insights concerning how to raise a family on a small farm. Edith is an Eastern Shoshone tribal member who was raised on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. She is co-founder of several organizations with Randy Woodley including Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds. The Woodleys together have been involved in mentoring Indigenous leaders and others for almost three decades, and they are deeply committed to peace, eco-justice, and fighting racism.
Brandi Miller

SPARKLE SQUAD COHORT

Brandi Miller is founder of Reclaiming My Theology Podcast and works as Chief Storyteller at Quest Church in Seattle. Her work exists at the intersection of faith, race, and politics. She also plays music, loves bougie cooking, and competitive weightlifting. She believes deeply in investing in leaders and building community.
Christina Quintanilla

SPIRITUAL DIRECTION SCHOOL/ Cohort Alum

Christina is an Indigenous Xicana with ancestors on both sides of the US-Mexico border. After nearly a decade of justice ministry, she left her role to embark on a journey of decolonizing her spirituality, reclaiming her Indigenous roots, and calling her spirit back. Christina found deep intergenerational medicine in communing with ancestral land (Oklahoma and Mexico), experiencing Creator Jesus in ceremony, and awakening to the love of matriarchs and antepasados (ancestors). Through ancestral paradigms, we open to the expansive love of Creator and the limitless possibilities of liberation!