Be Well Team

Angelina Chacon-Garcia

Business Operations Support | Data & Equity Advocate

Angelina is the wife of Clementina and supports the business operations of Be Well. She also hosts Be Well Labs for application support and technical computer assistance and leads our annual Be Well Volunteer Recognition Celebration.

She received her B.A. in Psychology and Religious Studies from UC Davis (2011) and her M.A. in Education, with an emphasis in Social Justice and Equity, from San Francisco State University (2013).

Angelina currently serves as Deputy Director at Berkeley Community Scholars, where she oversees department operations, fundraising, and organizational strategy. In her free time, she enjoys sewing quilts, crafting, and playing with her dog, chihuahua/shih tzu mix, MJ. 

Clementina Chacon-Garcia

Founder & Lead Pastor | Chaplain | Master Facilitator | Hope Dealer

Clementina is the founder and Lead Pastor of Be Well, a trauma-informed, healing-centered new worshiping community serving the Central Bay Area of Northern California. She also serves as a chaplain at the Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall, providing spiritual care, encouragement, and a ministry of presence to justice-involved youth.

Clementina’s commitment to healing is deeply personal. Be Well was born, in part, from her own journey of learning to manage and overcome the effects of trauma experienced within the home and church. Along the way, she discovered the healing power of safe community, spiritual practices, honest conversation, movement, learning, and meaningful connection. That experience shaped a calling: to help create affirming spaces where people can come together, practice wellness, encounter hope, and experience healing.

With more than 20 years of ministry experience, Clementina has served within Pentecostal, Vineyard, Presbyterian (PCUSA), non-denominational, chaplaincy, and parachurch settings. She is a graduate of the Latin American Bible Institute, holds a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University, and brings together pastoral care, theological formation, organizational leadership, and lived experience in her ministry.

At the heart of Clementina’s work is a simple conviction: people need safe places to be seen, heard, supported, and reminded that healing is possible. Whether facilitating a Be Well gathering, providing spiritual care to a young person, training community leaders, or simply sitting with someone through a difficult season, Clementina considers herself a “hope dealer”—helping people recognize that their story is still being written and that wholeness, purpose, community, and hope remain possible.

Her hope is that Be Well will continue to be one of many places in our communities where people can simply—and courageously, be well.

Sandra Gracia

Operation Support, Leader, Master Facilitator

Sandra or Sandy Gracia is one of the leaders and visionaries of Be Well. Sandra supports Be Well with operational support, strategic planning and the overall working of Be Well. Sandra also supports Be Well Discussions and offers her listening ear and perspective and experience on her own journey of healing.

Sandra has over 20 years experience serving in various leadership roles in higher education throughout the state of California. Sandra graduated from Latin American Bible Institute with a diploma in Biblical and Religious Studies and degree in Psychology and Religion from Vanguard University of Souther California.