About
Coming Home Wellness evolved from my desire to cultivate a community space where people, because of their identities or experiences, could come to rest, restore, and pour into themselves and their community through collective care and interdependence.
Even as an only child, my toys and I shared in creating community. —Sue
CHW was founded, in part, by my own journey from staunch independence to interdependence, forced by:
my mom’s chronic illnesses, her decline, & death in my early 20s, and suddenly needing to adult on my own
a cross-country move for a career pivot, knowing no one
my own mental health struggles & generational trauma
enduring an AYA cancer diagnosis, treatment, & post-treatment life
Today…
Sue Acito (she/her)
Founder
Hi, I'm Sue, a queer, multi-ethnic in-betweener ("but what are you really??"). Fueled by caffeine, sunshine, and life's not-so-sunny experiences, including grief, growing up low-income in a single-parent household, witnessing the long-term effects of chronic illness, death, identity exploration, and my AYA cancer diagnosis, I've come to understand how essential rest, restoration, and community are in coming home to myself. That's why I founded Coming Home Wellness (CHW).
CHW is a community and a space that offers different practices and programs where people can explore rest, restoration, and pour into themselves and begin to (re)build a deep sense of belonging within themselves and community.
I’m a first-generation graduate with a Bachelor’s in Anthropology and History and a Master’s in Educational Counseling. I'm also a trained Crisis Counselor, a Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with additional training in Trauma-Informed Yoga, and a Mindful Self-Compassion teacher.
Board of Directors
Katie Neginskiy
(she/her)
President/Treasurer
Katie Callahan Neginskiy is a teacher, education consultant, and non-profit founder. She is from the Appalachian mountains in North Carolina, but is currently based in Los Angeles. She has a Bachelor's in International Relations, a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in ESL, and a second Master’s in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies. She has worked in education and refugee resettlement for 15 years. She founded and currently directs the California based non-profit, the International Women’s Resource Center, which provides education and community building programming for refugee and immigrant women.
Bukola Adekoje
(she/her)
Secretary
Bukola Adekoje (she, her) is a dedicated social changemaker passionate about community and justice. With 15+ years in the community development and social change sector, she thrives in consensus-driven, people-centered, and equity-centered spaces. Bukola works as a people and project manager in a national nonprofit supporting financial sustainability, affordable housing, and entrepreneurship in urban and rural areas. When she's not working, she enjoys cooking, solitude, nature, and experiencing delight with others.
Mission & Values
You belong here.
Coming Home Wellness (CHW) is a trauma-informed community whose living mission is to support mental health, rest and restoration, and presence through expression, movement, and collective care.
We believe that by nurturing our physical, emotional, and mental well-being, we can cultivate a welcoming sense of home within ourselves and communities.
CHW uplifts BIPOC individuals, the LGBTQ+ community, those living with acute or chronic illness, and others with similar community identities who wish to claim or reclaim a sense of community and individual belonging through collective care, deep reflection, and safety.
Some of our values include:
Authenticity: Understanding and embracing one’s true self, including all aspects of their identity, without fear of judgment. (Recognizing that the society we live in plays a significant role in how we’re perceived.)
Being & Belonging: Experiencing or feeling a sense of connection with oneself, others, and the past, present, and future communities around them.
Mindful Self-Compassion: Treating oneself with kindness, understanding, and empathy, in times of difficulty AND times of joy.
Rest and Restoration: Prioritizing physical, mental, and emotional ease through practices that promote relaxation, rejuvenation, and healing as defined by you.
JEDI Statement
Coming Home Wellness co-creates a space for people wanting to be in community because of, rather than regardless of, their backgrounds and experiences, in order to rest, express, and experience being and belonging.
Coming Home Wellness is not merely a virtual or physical space; it's a living commitment to creating a world where people can experience the transformative power of belonging and explore what ease might look and feel like. We invite you to join us in building this space, where rest, restoration, and curiosity light a way for collective healing and liberation.
We believe true belonging flourishes when people feel emboldened to explore and express their authentic voice while building community rooted in curiosity, rest, acknowledgement, and expression.
Other recommendations/past reads:
Toward Rethinking Self-Defense in a Racist Culture by Dhoruba Bin Wahad (full book)
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
On my bookshelf
