Meet the steward behind Casa Tortuga
Casa Tortuga is lovingly stewarded by Chemay—facilitator, retreat host, intuitive guide, and visionary creating spaces for healing, trans-formation, and meaningful connection.
This sanctuary is more than a beautiful retreat space.
For Chemay, it is part of a deeply personal return—to land, ancestry, healing, and the kind of spaces that invite people to slow down, reconnect, and remember what matters.
Born in New York to Boricua parents, with family roots close to this land, Chemay’s connection to Puerto Rico is both intimate and ancestral.
Together with her family, Casa Tortuga is part of an evolving vision to create a sanctuary where healing, community, and meaningful transformation can unfold in relationship with land.
A deeply personal return…
A lifetime of holding meaningful spaces
For years, Chemay has created and facilitated spaces centered around healing, transformation, community, and human connection.
From building virtual communities that supported over a thousand families seeking more liberatory ways of learning and relating, to hosting intimate in-person retreats rooted in healing, ancestral connection, and personal transformation, her work has always been guided by a deep commitment to creating spaces where people can exhale, reconnect, and remember themselves.
As both a facilitator and retreat host, she understands what meaningful gatherings require—not only practically, but emotionally and energetically.
That lived experience shapes how Casa Tortuga is held.
More than a venue coordinator
Chemay understands retreat hosting from the inside.
As a facilitator and host herself, she knows what creates meaningful experiences — not just logistically, but emotionally and energetically.
That perspective shapes how Casa Tortuga is held.
Casa Tortuga is part of a larger vision rooted in stewardship, reciprocity, and community connection.