My name is Anna Martinez (she/her), and I am a certified Spiritual Director trained at the Christos Center for Spiritual Formation. I deepened this training through the Upper Room’s Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation and hold a Master of Social Work from the University of Minnesota. My earliest sense of calling to ministry emerged through work with youth, which continues to shape my listening, curiosity, and care for how people come to meaning over time. I am a passionate knitter, drawn to quiet, attentive making—threads and rhythm that mirror the slow work of listening for the sacred. I also hold a deep value for daily connection with nature as grounding, presence, and spiritual awareness.

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My approach to spiritual direction is rooted in the Christian tradition and open to the wide landscape of human experience. I welcome people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and spiritual paths. I trust that the Divine is encountered in many ways, each shaped by a person’s own understanding and lived story. I also attend to the many ways belonging is formed and sustained across diverse family structures and relationships.

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I have come to know that life is layered and often uncertain, and that faith and meaning unfold rather than arrive. Spiritual direction offers space to be with that unfolding honestly, without urgency or pressure. I tend that space with care, offering presence that is steady, spacious, and nonjudgmental.

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Spiritual direction can be deeply meaningful work, but it does not need to be heavy. There is room for curiosity, lightness, and even laughter. You are welcome to bring your whole self—what is clear, what is tangled, and what is still becoming.