Photo of Amadeo. They are wearing a floral button down shirt and a necklace. They are looking into the camera and smiling.
Amadeo Cruz Guiao | all pronouns | Principal
Amadeo is a transformational consultant and visionary healer who works with mission-driven organizations and philanthropic foundations to facilitate change within their organizational culture, operations, and relationships to align with their deepest values. They also helps passionate, soul-based changemakers heal and transform their deepest wounds in order to be the magnificent beings they were created to be. Amadeo also
With over 20 years of experience supporting progressive organizations and leaders to effect transformative social change, Amadeo has been described by previous clients as a “healer of organizations,” and “a spiritual leader with an MBA.”
Background & Philosophy.
Healing Justice meets Nonprofit Management & Sustainable International Development.
Amadeo brings the holistic lens of healing justice to their individual coaching and organizational development consulting. Born into the mystical Catholic tradition of their Philippine ancestors, they have studied for over 20 years with esteemed teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, and indigenous traditions of the Coast Salish, Unangan, and the Brazilian Amazon, all of whom have independently encouraged them towards their destiny as a spiritual healer. Their knowledge of the spiritual arts is enhanced by the practical skills and technical expertise gained from 20 years of experience in social justice nonprofits, and an M.B.A. in Nonprofit Management and an M.A. in Sustainable International Development from Brandeis University.
Interdependence & Intersectionality at the center.
A lifelong spiritual activist who has worked tirelessly for transformative social change, Amadeo believes in the principle of interdependence: as we heal and transform ourselves, we heal and transform our communities, and can truly create the world of harmony, peace, and justice that we long for.
Their intersectional, intercultural, and equity-based approach is informed by their lived experience as a queer, gender-nonbinary, decolonizing Filipin@-American and child of immigrants. They co-founded and directed for many years a groundbreaking healing justice organization called Zenyu Healing that centered the holistic wellbeing and leadership development of Queer & Trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color, almost all of whom were social justice activists.
HIGHLIGHTED CLIENTS:
Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Satterberg Foundation, Potlatch Fund, Grantmakers in Health, the Tao Foundation for Culture and Arts, King County Regional Homelessness Authority, etc. For more, check out LinkedIn page.
Amadeo’s grounding and talk on healing justice at the Grantmakers in Health conference for over 700 grantmakers, June 2019. You can skip to 4:11 to get to where I talk if you don't need to do the grounding ;)