Fiorella Navarro is a Peruvian–Spanish educator, researcher, and author based in Vancouver, Canada. With over 18 years of international experience across Europe, North America, and South America, she brings a global perspective to her teaching in communication, business, and social sciences. Known for her humanistic and student-centered style, Fiorella emphasizes empathy, inclusivity, and transformative learning, consistently earning exceptional feedback from her students.
At the core of her academic practice is her original methodology, Resilience and Transformative Pedagogy, a trauma-informed teaching approach that integrates education with human development and healing. Working primarily with international students, Fiorella creates supportive learning environments that invite self-reflection, resilience, and emotional transformation.
Her independent research project, Shaping Generational Wounds, investigates inherited emotions, transgenerational healing, and the role of memory in shaping individual and collective transformation. This work bridges sociology, communication, and pedagogy, offering both scholarly insight and practical applications for education and community-building.
In 2025, Fiorella co-authored and published Sanar desde la madre – In Her Words, a bilingual book based on the life and writings of her late mother, María Seacord. The book explores transgenerational trauma, emotional inheritance, and maternal lineage as a path to healing and expanded consciousness. Combining personal narrative with reflective inquiry, it contributes to the fields of generational trauma studies, collective memory, and resilience practices. Published in Spanish and distributed across Spain, South America, and North America, the book invites readers to engage in introspection, recognition, and emotional repair across generations.
Currently, Fiorella is a faculty member at University Canada West, teaching in the Communications and Social Sciences undergraduate programs, including the Bachelor of Arts in Business Communication, the Bachelor of Commerce, and the Associate of Arts degrees.She also collaborates with other higher education institutions, where she teaches courses in Business and Administration, expanding her commitment to accessible and high-quality education.. Beyond the classroom, she is pursuing an Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (EDI) certificate at the University of British Columbia, reflecting her vision to foster equitable, healing-centered, and transformative learning environments.
Fiorella’s mission is to empower the next generation of Canadian and international leaders to embrace resilience, nurture empathy, and drive meaningful social change.
Fiorella has taught a variety of courses, including:
Mass Media and Society
Contemporary culture is developed and transmitted through mass communication. Students review mass communication’s vital role in society through discussion of media institutions, theories, practices, professional fields, and effects on society, groups, and individuals. Developing critical thinking skills to analyze the information you consume, break down media messages, and explore the rapidly changing world of communication in this digital age.
Information Gathering
The information used to develop communications materials comes from many sources. Students research and evaluate information from print and electronic records, databases, and interviews. They examine issues relating to how information is gathered, stored, retrieved, and disseminated.
Visual Communication and Mass Media
This course explores the theory and application of visual communication in newspapers, magazines, video, advertising, and public relations. Students will develop a critical appreciation for the impact of visual images in communicating messages.
Business Communication
Building the proficiency needed to succeed in today’s technologically enhanced workplace by focusing on the development of professional oral and written communication skills. Students will improve: memo, letter, email, writing and presentation skills and the ability to effectively participate in and chair meetings. Students will also develop skills in resume writing and study the strategies and techniques needed for success in interviews.
Professional Communication
Careers, Resumes and Interviewing - Professional Communication in Today's Digital Social and Mobile World - Mastering Team Skills and Interpersonal Communication
Customer Service Skills
Customer Service solutions - Proven tools to outstanding Customer Service - Emotional Intelligence in customer service - Human Behaviour
Organizational Behaviour
Motivation - Leader behaviour and power - People Skills - Interpersonal communication - Group structure and processes - Attitude development and perception - Change processes - Conflict and negotiation - Work design
Integrated Brand Promotion
Marketing and Communication plan - Personal Branding - Media Planning - Sales - Social Media
Social Media and Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing Foundations - SEO - Analytics - Email Marketing - Paid Search Marketing - Social Media - Digital Strategy
PUBLICATION LINKS
Pre-order Sanar desde la madre in Lima, PERU - Book Presentation September 18th 2025
Buy Sanar desde la madre in Spain
Buy Sanar desde la madre in Amazon US
Buy Sanar desde la madre in Amazon CA
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