Ana Mercado

Ana Mercado

Ana Mercado (she/her) has been practicing Restorative and Transformative Justice skills for more than 15 years. They cofounded Just Practice Collaborative, providing Transformative Justice and Community Accountability support for movement groups. Ana developed a successful coaching model for school staff and students to be restorative practitioners and organized campaigns with young people of color on Chicago’s West Side for policies and practices that interrupt the school-to-prison nexus.

Headshot of Ana Mercado, who has short dark hair and is wearing colorful dangling earrings, framed against a bright red mosaic background