Key Collaborators

Sydney Jackson-Clockston is a leadership development coach, business strategist, and founder of Citrine Unlimited LLC. With over a decade of experience supporting entrepreneurs, mission-driven organizations, and women in leadership, Sydney specializes in guiding changemakers to grow their influence, build meaningful professional networks, and lead with authenticity. She has supported hundreds of business owners through pivotal transitions, partnered with startups on capacity-building strategies, and facilitated mentorship circles that foster connection and collaboration. Sydney is also an award-winning author and a sought-after speaker known for delivering engaging, actionable workshops on leadership, empowerment, and community building.

Priestess Shananda is a holistic life strategist, intuitive guide, and founder of The Divinity of Ananda Intuitive Consulting. With over a decade of experience in trauma-informed coaching, Ayurveda, yogic wisdom, and sacred ritual, Shananda supports women in restoring alignment, cultivating resilience, and living with soulful intention. Her signature program, The Blue Lotus Empowered Embodiment, blends ancient teachings with modern tools to activate spiritual leadership and embodied empowerment. As a long-time priestess and ritualist, Shananda specializes in guiding women through life’s sacred thresholds—grief, awakening, and reinvention—by creating spaces that are both nurturing and transformative. Her work honors the intelligence of the body, the wisdom of ancestral lineages, and the power of rhythm and ritual to reclaim inner authority. As a coach in the POP Collective, Shananda holds space for women who are highly sensitive, neurodivergent, and those who feel discounted from their body and spirit. She supports these women in reconnecting to their divine essence, restore nervous system balance, and awaken to their soul path with clarity, courage, and grace.

LaRae Martinez is a conscious leadership coach, community strategist, and advocate for transformative entrepreneurship. With a decade of experience supporting underestimated entrepreneurs, mission-driven brands, and emerging thought leaders, LaRae specializes in helping changemakers clarify their message, expand their impact, and lead with both heart and strategy. She currently serves as a Strategic Outreach & Partnerships Manager, where she connects purpose-driven founders with the resources, relationships, and visibility they need to thrive. A graduate of ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and a Master’s student in Professional Communication at Southern Utah University, LaRae brings a strong foundation in digital strategy, leadership communication, and ethical influence to every coaching relationship. Her approach blends research-based methods with intuitive insight, supporting women to move from survival to systems, self-doubt to storytelling, and burnout to aligned abundance. As a coach in the POP Collective, LaRae guides members through the Empowered Digisist Business experience—helping them rise in their purpose, own their voice, and build legacies rooted in justice and joy.

Dr. Julie Clockston is a licensed clinical social worker, educator, and visionary community leader with over 30 years of experience supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). A lifelong advocate for disability equity and trauma-informed care, Julie brings a unique blend of academic expertise, lived experience, and deep-rooted service to every space she enters. She holds a Doctor of Social Work from Capella University and is a published scholar, curriculum contributor, and co-author of Sistah Hooded: Stories of Strength and Resilience on the Doctoral Journey. Her research and training initiatives have focused on educating human service professionals who work with parents living with cognitive disabilities—an area she continues to champion through her work with TASP (The Association for Successful Parenting) and the Council on Social Work Education’s Council on Disability and Persons with Disabilities. Dr. Clockston is a former President of NASW Colorado and has served in leadership roles across numerous national and local organizations. In addition to running a private therapy and consulting practice rooted in trauma recovery and mental health normalization, she mentors students and professionals across all levels of education. She currently serves as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she also holds the title of 2025 President’s Faculty Fellow. As a coach in the POP Collective, Dr. Julie brings fierce advocacy, profound wisdom, and a deep commitment to justice. She creates spaces where healing meets higher education, where grief and growth are held with care, and where every client is reminded of their inherent worth, power, and belonging.