I am an herbalist and educator who lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont on Wαpánahki (Abenaki) lands. My work is informed by old folk magic and the medicine of my ancestors. For me, the practice of herbalism is art, magic, myth and science. It is a courtship of unhurried intimacy and generosity—deeply and tenderly held by the ancient ones and a practice of hope in troubled times.

I began formal study of herbal medicine in 2018 in Austin, Texas. There, I studied with Ginger Webb (her main teacher was Michael Moore) later serving as a teaching apprentice at the Sacred Journey School of Herbalism from 2020-2023. SJS trains herbalists primarily in Western herbal medicine tradition, physiology, holistic energetic systems, and nutrition. I began working with clients while living in Austin, where I was fortunate to build an apothecary and formulate medicines for friends and community.

Following a dream in which Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens) appeared as guide for my own personal healing journey, I commuted to the Sonoran Desert for nine months to apprentice with John Slattery, a teacher I knew had worked extensively with Ocotillo. One of John’s primary teacher was Doña Olga Ruíz Cañez, a medicine woman and Pajarera from Sonora, Mexico. John also deeply studied Vitalism—our individual nature explored through the lens and cycles of the natural world, Bioregional Herbalism, and ancestral medicine ways. My ancestral medicine lead me to Benedicaria, the blessing way of Southern Italian folk medicine, and my primary teacher in that lineage Gail Faith Edwards.

Prior to relocating to Vermont, I worked within the housing justice movement in Texas as a tenant organizer, facilitator of popular education, and co-Artistic Director with Gathering Ground Theatre a performance troupe made of people with lived experiences of homelessness.

My work as an herbalist and educator is integrated with my commitment to social and environmental justice. I support movements towards self-determinism, justice, and collective liberation. I have worked with thousands of students from around the world and hope you will join me sometime soon. Together, may we activate and affirm our capacity for joyful embodiment and participation as whole human beings in troubled times. 

-Katie Proietti, Seedfolk Herbs

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Education & Trainings

*B.A. with a focus on film, theatre & indigenous studies from Montana State University—Bozeman, 2009

*300 hr Yoga Teacher Training, 2010-2013

*The People’s Institute of Survival and Beyond, Undoing Racism training, 2018

*Foundations in Herbalism, 200 hr training at Sacred Journey School of Herbalism, 2018-2020

*M.F.A with a focus on pedagogy & theatre for social justice from The University of Texas at Austin, 2019

*Apprentice and Teaching Assistant to Ginger Webb of Sacred Journey School and Texas Medicinals, 2020-2023 (on land)

*Benedicaria, the Blessing Way of Southern Italian Folk Medicine study with Gail Faith Edwards of Blessed Maine Herb Farm, 2020 (on line)

*Somatic Abolitionism Training with Resmaa Menakem at Education for Racial Equity, 2020-2021 (on line)

*Clinical Practitioner Skills cohort study with Sarah Holmes of Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine, 2021 (on line)

*Bioregional Herbalist Apprenticeship with John Slattery, 2022 (on land)

*Herbalist at The Herb Bar, Austin’s Oldest Apothecary, 2023-2024

*Dancing Interplay of Hormonal Cascades: Reproductive System Intensive with Howie Brounstein of Columbines School of Botanical Studies, 2022 (on line)

*The Mythic Body, year long mythic study course with Josh Schrei of The Emerald podcast, 2023-2024 (on line)

*Herbal Roots Apprenticeship, 210 hours at Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 2024 (on land)

*Grief Ritual Leadership Training with Francis Weller, 2024-present (on line)

*Family Herbalist & Clinical Herbalist Training, 345 hours with Vermont Center of Integrative Herbalism, 2025 (on line & land)

*Socially Engaged Buddism study at Bread Load Mountain Zen Center, 2025

*Nervous System School - Vagus Nerve Program, 8 weeks with Jessica Maguire & Nervous System Certification Course, 12 weeks, 2025 (online)

Grateful to other teachers who are also a part of my soul lineage in various ways: Angela Davis, Agnes Martin, Bayo Akomolafe, Deborah Hay, Dolores Huerta, Kim TallBear, Carl Jung, Tara Brach, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Martin Shaw, Paolo Freire, Pema Chodron, Joanna Macy, Marshall Rosenberg, Vadana Shiva, Tyson Yukaporta, Sophie Strand, Howard Zinn, the Merced River Watershed, the Green Mountains, the Redwoods & the Northern California coastline.

I pay deep gratitude to the plants, my teachers, and to the web of anarchists, ancestors, and activists who have come before me and made this green path a little greener: thank you.

I am here to protect biodiversity, a multiracial democracy, traditional wisdom & knowledge systems, clean air, clean water, the slow down, & my attention.