Carmen Martines is a psychotherapist in San Francisco working on her PhD in the Transformative Studies department at the California Institute of Integral Studies.  The working title for the PhD is: The Transformative Tattoo; What Can Healing from Trauma Look Like? Carmen, having survived sexual abuse traumas in childhood, re-storied her body using tattoos, transforming the pain and abuse into a narrative of power and reclamation, transformation, strength and joy.  Carmen is also a lifelong writer, poet, and storyteller.