Juno Lux Epifanio

A Journey of Awakening, Belonging, and Transformation

Juno Lux’s path to spirituality, healing, and community-building wasn’t a singular calling but rather a series of awakening moments—each one an invitation to fully participate in this human incarnation. Guided by their higher self, they have continuously embraced transformation, allowing life’s unfolding to shape their mission.

Their earliest influences came from their family, where the concept of chosen family was already deeply embedded. At a young age, Juno declared, “Look, all my parents are here,” gesturing not just to their mother and father but to a wide circle of relatives—both blood and chosen. Raised with the belief that it takes a village to raise a child, this foundation of communal care expanded beyond their Cuban-Italian roots, eventually finding deeper meaning within the queer community. Their experience of otherness—not just in terms of gender and queerness but also in the nuances of racial and cultural identity—became the very thing that allowed them to feel truly connected to the world.

Being queer and spiritual has always been intertwined for Juno. Raised Roman Catholic, they were surrounded by a faith that declared queerness to be wrong. Yet, knowing in their core that they were neither broken nor bad, they sought a different relationship with spirituality—one rooted in love, acceptance, and self-truth. Their journey led them to explore witchcraft and indigenous spiritual practices, drawn to the way these traditions exalted the feminine, embraced queerness, and honored the sacred in all things.

Throughout their life, Juno has been both a seeker and a creator of spaces that foster belonging. In high school, they established one of the first Gay-Straight Alliances in New Jersey, believing that queer youth deserved more than just theater as their refuge. Later, in their 20s, a life-altering AIDS diagnosis challenged them to reframe adversity into purpose. When their mother asked, “How do you feel about this?” Juno responded, “Maybe this was meant to happen. Maybe without this, I wouldn’t be able to help someone I’m meant to.” That refusal to embody victimhood became a defining principle—one that still informs their approach to healing and transformation today.

A pivotal retreat at Eden Hot Springs in Arizona opened Juno’s eyes to the power of immersive, intentional healing experiences. Though they didn’t realize it at the time, this planted the seed for their future work in leading retreats—spaces where queerness, spirituality, and deep self-exploration could coexist without limitation.

Juno’s journey has been one of bridging worlds: the spiritual and the everyday, the self and the collective, the past and the future. Having earned a Master’s degree in Social Work from Rutgers University in Newark, NJ, they integrate both lived experience and professional training into their work. Through Project Pandora, they are reimagining queer aging and intergenerational community, ensuring that chosen family is not just an idea but a sustainable way of living. Through breathwork, yoga, Reiki, and radical community-building, they empower others to step into their highest selves, knowing that true transformation happens when people feel seen, supported, and safe.

At the core of Juno’s mission is a simple yet profound belief: everyone is born good and is doing the best they can with the experiences that shaped them. Their work is about building bridges, not walls—creating spaces of belonging, connection, and healing for those who need it most.