HWB is a small, grassroots, 501c3 nonprofit NGO that works to support members working in their communities via Chapters, Clinics, and Projects. Our programs include Free People's Clinics, Community Herb and Food Gardens, Community Outreach and Education, Community Herbalism, Disaster Relief, Seed Saving and Seed Grants, and more. As a small nonprofit, we rely on the time of our dedicated volunteers and our amazing (part-time) Executive Director as well as memberships and donations to keep HWB running so that we can continue to do this work and support those working in their communities. 

​How can you support our work?
1. Join as a Member.
2. Donate today - if you donate on our facebook fundraiser, we are charged no fees, and 100% of your donation goes to HWB
3. Share the word - host a facebook or instagram fundraiser on your social media and get your community involved. Even if you can only donate $5, if you share your fundraiser to hundreds, you can raise critical funds that help us continue this work. 
Be the Change!

Want to make a tax-deductible donation on Giving Tuesday to HWB?
By donating to our fundraiser on facebook, we will receive 100% of the donations (no fees!). Click here to go to our facebook fundraiser for Giving Tuesday.

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Register for our FREE Members-Only webinar: Cannabis Fundamentals, with Colleen Quinn. 

By the end of the webinar, you will understand the botany of cannabis, know more about the science of cannabis and CBD, be more knowledgeable about CBD and other cannabinoids, know more about regulations where you live, as well as know what and where to buy your CBD and Cannabis products. 

Not a Member of HWB? Join Today and access member benefits including access to our member portal which is packed full of educational materials, webinars, members-only content, intensives, resources, templates, and more!

Denise Cusack

How long have you been a member of HWB? How else are you involved?
I joined HWB in 2015, and in 2016-2017 was the HWB website coordinator. I became the volunteer Executive Director in September of 2017, and worked as ED over the past 5 years, I  created the US Donation Distribution Network, US Seed Grants, HWB Podcasts and Webinar series, several e-guides, and more in my time as ED. In October of this year (2022), I stepped down as ED, and joined the HWB Board. I am continuing to volunteer with HWB as a Board Member, US Donation Network Coordinator, US SeedGrant Coordinator, and helping as Social Media Coordinator. 

What drew you to HWB as a member and board member? 
I had started the #HappyFlowerProject in 2015 to grow flowers (and veggies and herbs) for the local food pantry with my kids. I was also working towards my RH designation with the AHG under a mentor, and working as an herbalist with clients. In these roles I saw lack of health access, lack of healthy food access, and a need for holistic and herbal health and wellness access for all. I began looking for other ways to get involved and do more mutual aid and herbal health access on a larger scale. In my searches I found HWB and joined right away. I connected with the Volunteer Coordinator, and stepped up as a volunteer to redesign the website, and get the membership form online! I also started volunteering as the Clinical Herbalist for the Veterans Resiliency Holistic Clinic, serving Veterans in a multidisciplinary holistic wellness clinic model (from 2017-2022). The rest, as they say, is history!

Tell us more about yourself!
I am a clinical herbalist, certified aromatherapist, medicinal herb grower & plant conservationist, writer, artist, designer, and Permaculture and Advanced Social Systems Designer (PDC). Our small family farmette, Lunar Hollow Farm, is a  a permaculture and regenerative garden botanical sanctuary in the United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary Network. I grow food and medicine for my family, as well as medicinal herbs for HWB Free Clinics and save seeds for our HWB Seed Grant program. I live in rural Wisconsin with my 2 teenagers, husband, dog, 2 cats, 5 chickens, and tens of thousands of plants. 

This is the fourth in our Meet a Board Member series!

Rebecca Trinidad

How long have you been a member of HWB? How else are you involved?
I have been a member since 2018, a Chapter Coordinator since 2020, and a member of the Board since 2022. 

What drew you to HWB as a member and board member (and coordinator if applicable)? 
I turned to herbs for my personal care and got myself off of prescription medications doing so. It made me want to help others do the same. I saw the work Herbalista was doing with the herb bus and it inspired me to join HWB and start a chapter.

Tell us more about yourself!
I come from a line of women that work to heal people and communities. After taking my health into my  own hands using herbs, I sought out herbal training from Herbal Academy to obtain a foundation of knowledge to educate others. I started a chapter (HWB of the Big Bend) in my region in 2020 with another coordinator and have been building community ever since. I hope to continue to support HWB's work in my role as Treasurer on the Board as well as a chapter co-coordinator!

Meet the BOD: Petra Sovcov, CHT, DNM

How long have you been a member of HWB? How else are you involved with HWB?
I've been a member since 2014, and I am a Chapter Coordinator and Board Member (Chair)!

What drew you to HWB as a member and board member? 
I just love HWB and wanted to help where I could!

Tell us a little more about you!
I am a Clinical Herbal Therapist (CHT) and hold a Doctorate in Natural Medicine (DNM) awarded by the Examining Board of Natural Medicine Practitioners of Canada, and a Certified DNA/SNP Analysis Consultant. I teach at colleges in my area and own a natural health/wellness practice in beautiful BC Canada. I'm an active volunteer with Herbalists Without Borders International (HWB) and serve as chair on the board of directors. I also run the HWB Chapter for Vancouver BC and the local free people’s clinic!

I am passionate about facilitating an individual’s healing path and enjoys enriching a person’s core health with the use of herbs, supplements, dietary, and lifestyle modifications. My special herbal focus is on chronic inflammatory conditions/diseases. Apart from clinic and teaching, I'm an avid gardener and sustainable small-scale food producer. I enjoy teaching out of my gardens and find great meaning in sharing the message of sustainability with others. I'm very passionate about heirloom/native plant varieties, and domestic history, which I believe hold the solutions for the modern food crisis.

Carolyn Jones

How long have you been a member of HWB? How else are you involved? 
I have been a member of HWB since early 2022 and have since become an HWB Board Member and Coordinator of the HWB Healing Project Mobile Clinic.

What drew you to HWB as a member, coordinator, and board member? 
By being an HWB member and board member, I am empowered to educate the community about natural self-care options for their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

Tell us a little more about yourself!
I am a  Holistic Health Educator and Chaplain who teaches the art of self-care and practices a ministry of presence. I am licensed by the New York State Chaplain Task Force and serve the community as an herbalist, a certified aromatherapist and reflexologist. I hold membership and affiliations with several prestigious organizations: The American Herbalists Guild, Matthew Wood Institute of Herbalism, DOPO Doulas, and Herbalists Without Borders. I teach community self-care topics and am also a contributing writer with Mother Earth Living magazine. I am supported by a strong community of traditional and non-traditional healers who follow uniquely different paths that merge at the crossroads of community health.


​See our Board of Directors.