Writing is a vulnerable and necessary process to birth stories that enter into human consciousness to challenge assumptions and bring forth new approaches to addressing human problems. Writing stretches my own imagination and has become my happy place.

Below are a few selected writings and creative projects. Also be sure to check out my blog - Alisa’s Thoughts on Beloved Communities for shorter essays and reflections on today’s times: https://adorduna.com/

Orduña, Alisa. Holy Woman. Los Angeles, CA 2023

Orduña, Alisa. Osun: Return of the feminine to the human soul. Los Angeles, CA 2022

Orduña, Alisa. Osun: Whispering of Wisdom from the Waters, Los Angeles, CA 2022

Orduña, Alisa. Osun Consciousness: Unearthing the Anti-Black Biases in the Los Angeles Homeless System Soul as reflected in the Sacred Histories of the African American Experience, Pacifica Graduate Institute: Carpinteria, CA 2021   

 Orduña, Alisa. Unearthing the Feminine, Blurb Press: Los Angeles, CA 2020

 Orduña, Alisa. Oshun’s Calabash: Dancing across Cuba into the memory of the embodied African soul & finding home, Self-Published: Los Angeles, CA 2018 

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Orduña, Alisa. “Stepping into Forest: Incorporating the Lost Girl Back into Self” in Seeing in the Dark: Wisdom Works by Black Women in Depth Psychology, Ed. Sharon D. Johnson, PhD, Malibu Press: Los Angeles, CA 2016  

Orduña, Alisa. “Inglewood Memories” in The Inglewood Poetry Project Anthology, Ed. J. Malaika Beckford, Alter Destiny Press: Inglewood, CA 2014  https://www.inglewoodpublicart.org/projects/the-inglewood-poetry-project/

Orduña, Alisa. Somos Cubanos: Afro-Cuban: Resistance and Adaptation, 1902-2002. Master Thesis, LaSalle University, Bilingual/Bicultural Program.