EQ Me: New Sessions for Hispanic Heritage Month.

New exclusive sessions with emotional intelligence trainer JD Valladares-Williams in time for Hispanic Heritage month.

We’re thrilled to announce an exclusive partnership with JD Valladares-Williams from EQ Me. JD is a People Development Expert with 15+ years of experience creating data-driven learning programs and facilitating dialogues infused with popular culture and storytelling. JD specializes in behavior change theory, instructional design, and program evaluation. JD combined their lived experience as a queer immigrant from Peru with their education, including a Master’s Degree in Psychology, to create a framework for increasing emotional intelligence. 

Emotional intelligence (also known as emotional quotient or EQ) is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict. It can also help you to have meaningful relationships with yourself and your community while turning values and intentions into action. 

Timed with Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15) and LGBT History Month (October), EQ Me offers an uplifting exploration of identity, culture, and community where fun meets deep, impactful learning. Their new fall offerings celebrate intersectionality and lived experience through interactive, story-driven sessions designed to engage teams, spark conversations, and inspire lasting inclusion. The 2025 theme for Hispanic Heritage Month is "Collective Heritage: Honouring the Past, Inspiring the Future."

Available sessions:

1st Person + Q&A (60 min)

JD shares his Queer Latine journey and how living in Peru, emigrating to the

U.S at 10, and moving to Spain at 25 shaped his identities, followed by Q&A.

- Webinar or fireside chat with Q&A

- Visual storytelling of personal journey

- Themes: Immigration, Queerness, Latinidad

Stories + Reflections (60 min)

A brief photo and video history of LGBTQ Latine historical figures Sylvia Rivera, Willi Ninja, and Lorena Borjas, followed by small group reflections.

- Micro-keynote with small group prompts

- Audio/video storytelling of historical figures

- Themes: Civil Rights, Pop Culture, Immigration

Game & Action (60 min)

A jeopardy-style gameshow covering LGBTQ+ Latine terminology, trends, milestones, and figures, followed by small group action planning.

- Jeopardy-style heritage/pop culture questions

- Teams followed by small group planning

- Themes: Latinidad, Queerness, Awareness

EQ’ing Machismo (60 min)

A review of machismo and its impact, EQ tools to disrupt it, and a self-awareness exercise, followed by small group peer-to-peer learning.

- Micro-keynote, reflection, connection

- Topic, individual prompt, group sharing

- Themes: Masculinity, Social Norms, Identity

Interested in booking one of these sessions? Get in touch at hello@wecreatespace.co or book a call with our Managing Director Jon-Paul Vicari.

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