Elizabeth Baddour

When someone enters this space, I don't stop at what hurts.

I'm interested in what has sustained them.

At what cost?

What they've protected.

For what purpose?

What they've had to leave behind.

I listen to words.

The body.

What has not yet found a way to speak.

There, silence finds its voice.

And that's where we meet.

I never chose a linear path.

Nor did I ever belong entirely to one world.

I grew up in Venezuela, between cultures, international schools, and different languages.

Later, I lived in different countries across Latin America, the United States, and Europe.

My first field of study was Political Science.

I wanted to understand what holds a society together.

Then came education.

For years, it was my place.

I discovered that learning was never just about learning.

Later came art, movement, and psychology.

For a long time, I thought they were different paths.

Over time, I began to suspect they weren't.

None of them could stand on its own.

I didn't leave one search behind to begin another.

It was the same search all along.

It simply kept revealing new layers.

I have studied with rigor.

I have studied across many disciplines.

But above all, I have learned from people.

I have been fortunate to encounter teachers of extraordinary wisdom.

Their way of seeing still lives in mine.