Erica holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences in Organizational Behavior and Change Management from New York University. She completed her 500-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Certification with an emphasis in the Vinyasa style with Robin Appel from Always At Aum Yoga School in West Babylon, NY. Erica has taught for the school since early 2015 as an instructor for their certification programs. She has also completed a 20-hour Trauma-Sensitive Yoga, 20-hour Restorative Yoga, and Children's Yoga Trainings, and hosted yoga/cultural retreats to her native country of Colombia in 2018 and 2019.

Erica continues the study of the history and tradition of yoga philosophy, body awareness, sequencing, and trauma-informed yoga. Additionally, she volunteers for several yoga non-profits such as United We Om,  Veteran's Yoga Project, and Exhale to Inhale. These organizations focus on offering stress-relief tools to different communities through the healing and grounding practices of yoga.