Dr. Katya Adachi Serrano, Serrano Natural Health founder, will speak at the next installment of the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center’s free Second Thursday at the museum lecture series, 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 at 3500 Numancia St., Santa Ynez.
Dr. Adachi Serrano is a board-certified physician specializing in family medicine, addiction medicine, and integrative medicine.
She is also an HIV specialist and clinical herbalist with a passion for combining evidence-based medicine with holistic approaches to health and wellness.
She provides specialty primary care, HIV and addiction treatment through the Santa Barbara Public Health Department, and serves as faculty for the Marian Family Medicine Residency in Santa Maria.
As CEO of Serrano Natural Health, Dr. Adachi Serrano and her culinary-trained husband create herbal teas and skin salves designed to provide tasty, natural support for common things like sleep, stress, and digestion support.
As an Indigenous medicine consultant, Dr. Adachi Serrano offers presentations and workshops on culturally responsive medicine, plant medicine, and integrating an Indigenous approach to substance use treatment and medical practice.
She credits her heritage – Winnebago (Ho-chunk) from the Thunder Clan, Ojibwe from White Earth, and Japanese – for inspiring Serrano Natural Health, the micro practice in Guadalupe, where she offers personalized care through herbal medicine and body work.
For the free after-hours event, Dr. Adachi Serrano will be discussing her journey as a “warrior for wellness,” and how it has informed her line of products and services.
All Second Thursday at the Museum attendees will enjoy free museum admission to the Permanent Exhibit, Temporary Exhibit, and Cultural Park.
Audio tours can be added for $10 per person. Admission is free, and no reservation is required.
Annual museum memberships are available for purchase. The museum also accepts donations, which support facility maintenance, the creation of new exhibits and educational programming.
Before experiencing the museum, the tribe encourages visitors to explore the facility’s website to preview the exhibits, explore aspects of the 3.5-acre park and plan their visit.