Tatiana Chaterji is a seasoned practitioner of restorative justice with over a decade of experience in education, prisons, non-profit organizations, and community collectives. Her origins are in the transformative justice movement from her time at INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and Creative Interventions. A lifelong student of harm and conflict response beyond the limitations of the criminal-legal system, she has mobilized survivorship from violent crime toward radical love, committed to creating pathways for dialogue and accountability where there is disconnection or pain. 

Tatiana has a strong track record in Tier I implementation towards positive and nurturing school environments.  She coordinated Restorative Justice at Fremont High School in the Oakland Unified School District from 2017-2024 and is a contributing author to The Little Book of Youth Engagement in Restorative Justice: Intergenerational Partnerships for Just and Equitable Schools.

Tatiana is a theater artist and healing-based theater facilitator, with training in drama therapy, Playback Theater, Theater of the Oppressed, long-form improvisation, and related forms. She is a lecturer in the Department of Theater and Dance at Cal State East Bay. From her background in martial arts (Kalaripayattu and capoeira), she uses fight choreography to flip the scripts of social dominance. She has designed several programs in carceral settings and has been recognized as a leader in holding trauma-informed, liberatory spaces with incarcerated people through participatory theater and personal transformation.  Her curriculum, A Mirror, A Threshold, A Song: Medicines of Healing in Theater Arts and Restorative Justice was published through California Arts in Corrections and California Shakespeare Theater. 

Tatiana is a founding member of Partners for Collaborative Change, a network of Popular Educators and Freire-heads who provide coaching in Participatory Action Research and hold space for learning and growth in anti-oppression and authentic community engagement.