our mission
our vision
Meet our team of creators!
connor
Connor has spent the past 10+ years as a community herbalist and mycologist, creating lasting relationships with the plants, fungi and people. He aims to genuinely connect with those he works with and is always down to talk in depth about the plants and alternative healing methods (sometimes for hours on end haha). With a science/engineering background he sees through a more logical lens. Connor has so much love for his community and seeing others happy and well. He does his best to find healing connections between plants, fungi and people and always gives 100% in anything he is a part of. Connor puts thought and effort into his parenting, relationships and healing practice and is a gift to work with. He loves working with other fathers and families. Connors 1 on 1 consultations are focused around addiction recovery, respiratory health, depression/anxiety/mood regulation, men’s health, and viral infections. He also teaches all sorts of different educational classes alone and alongside his partner, Brenna, and he provides consultations for growing and working with mushrooms.
Jazz quezada
An herbalist, creative, and plant-loving mama passionate about reconnecting people to the joy and beauty of herbal medicine. I bring a blend of ancestral knowledge, clinical experience, and intuitive care to my work here at Rainbow Bliss Botanicals.
My approach is rooted in nourishment, playfulness, and honoring the body’s natural rhythms. I specialize in creating herbal support for women, children, and families — When I’m not behind the counter or brewing up seasonal remedies, you can find me travelschooling my littles, dancing, painting, or curating.
I'm here to help you feel seen, supported, and inspired by the plant path. Let’s make magic together.
Jazz manages our TikTok! Check her outtttt:
Hunter kerlek
An avid fermenter, aspiring mycologist, team herbalist, and Rainbow Bliss Botanicals podcast creator. It was nootropics that got me into herbalism 14 years ago. I was depressed and used drugs I shouldn't have, and after traveling 20 countries and reflecting on what I was passionate about, it was fungi that helped me not only get over my deep depression and addictions, but helped me learn how to thrive and adapt every day.
Shadae marie
I carry the blood and stories of my Jamaican, Choctaw, and Scottish ancestors. My indigenous heritage deeply inspires my herbal practice. This connection to the land is both inherited and chosen, honoring the humble truth that plants are not just remedies, they are relatives. My spirit carries the powerful grace of Mountain Lion and the gentle strength of Deer - sensitive, watchful, and open-hearted.
My journey with plant allies began 16 years ago with my first teacher, Kaya (aka Cannabis), who mothered me through depression and rooted me in wellness. Since then, I’ve also grown a deep love for fungi, nervines, and digestive tonics, guided by the belief that plants are quiet but powerful teachers. I’m an advocate for rest, stillness, play, and intentionally freeing ourselves from grind culture - a system that prioritizes productivity over wellness.
Trained as an herbalist, yoga & meditation teacher, doula, and holistic postpartum care provider, I have evolved to specialize in support for anxiety, emotional trauma, life transitions, and nervous system rejuvenation. I am especially drawn to the ways plant medicine works somatically through the emotional body and meridians, in ordinary, transformative and exciting psychedelic modalities. When not making medicine, I’m drinking my tea slowly, playing in nature with my family, making music, or deep in a nonfiction book about my current special interest.
Who We Are!
I identify as human being, but also feel like I'm part frog, dolphin, bear, and bee. I love encouraging humans to bee a prismatic rainbow, to be adaptable, be their own medicine whether aquatic or terrestrial, and be grounded in harmony with Mother Earth. With positive influence from my passion to build a healthy body, mind, and spirit & and a human right to a stable climate, I intentionally act as a catalyst for social change. My Rainbow Bliss project is housed and fused with Happy Healthy High Horny Herbs in Tempe, AZ.I am the generator of a heart-centered community hub for the alliance of ethnobotany, artistic expression, cultural diversity, festival culture, psychedelic art, Earth-first thinking, and HERBALISM via transformative workshop facilitation presently thriving on community-expressed needs for the cultivation of plant wisdom, ecstatic dance, and meaningful ritual.
Rainbow Bliss Botanicals and Happy Healthy High Horny Herbs are two of my current projects that strive to integrate consciousness, ceremony, botanical medicine, and sacred dance through honoring the divine intelligence between people and plants. I’ve been holding down an organic apothecary sandwiched between a nightclub and a corporate bank for 9 years so that I can serve the City of Tempe, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa and beyond with herbalism “IN-YOUR-FACE!” This project to have a botanical presence on the busiest foot-trafficked location in the state of Arizona is a service to the community; a place where humans hug, where lovers meet, where dancers come to nourish, where addicts come for solutions, where local designers & creatresses come to sell, and where OUR CULTURE has a independently owned and operated place of MEDICINE and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE & ACCEPTANCE.
Fueled by cosmic ancestors, a BS in Sustainable Ecosystems and Soil Science, and undergraduate studies in Dance Media, Performance and Choreography at Arizona State University and University of Waikato, New Zealand, I believe that plants are teachers and my vision of expressive healing has evolved and is now being applied via Rainbow Bliss Botanicals.
The plants I use in this company are all respectfully wild-crafted, homegrown, or certified organic. I love to host workshops that fuse botanical exploration and movement with plants-as-sacrament and movement-as-teacher. My mother, Donna, is the mind behind the chakra kits, and together we have been crafting misters, synergies, and salves with the guide of intuitive healing. The formulas and single-herb products available on this site are made with intention, blessings, and pure love.
The mission statement for Rainbow Bliss and Happy Healthy High Horny Herbs is: Integrating social activism, medical sovereignty, natural contraceptive awareness, vibrant aphrodisia, botanical crafting and expressive dance through the rainbow of healing plants.
I am a graduate of EastWest Planetary Herb School with Micheal and Leseley Tierra as mentors and teachers. In 2017, I completed a Professional Planetary Herbalist course with training in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, and Western Herbalism. Independently, I have been studying Western & Eclectic herbology since 2009, and began studies of mind-altering plants and nootropics in 2006. Woven in with a newfound passion for clinical herbalism and plant therapeutics, I currently see clients one on one for consultations and custom formulations. In between crafting, bottling, labeling, and growing plants, I teach online, at Happy Healthy High Horny Herbs in Arizona, and lead plant walks at the Surfrider Ocean Friendly Garden in Honolulu. Since relocating to Hawaii, Rainbow Bliss and HHHHH remain thriving in Arizona with Shannon from Wet Velvet Tea making many of the formulations better and better each time. Connor McDonnell has become the assistant manager at HHHHH and between them two and an amazing team, we continue to be community pillars for natural medicine in the Phoenix/Tempe area.
If you want to know more about me, where my heart is, and my products then check out these interviews: