This Is What It’s Like to Be a Ghost Hunter of Color

Both she and Farris agree that while Black and Latine women aren’t represented in ghost hunting, the practice feels intrinsic to their heritages and cultures. “Most of the people in my family are sensitive to spirits. I don’t know if it’s a cultural thing, but it feels like something that’s genetic,” Farris says. “Curanderos, brujos, whatever you want to call yourself, it’s in our blood,” Garcia adds. “A lot of us grew up in Catholic homes, but [did] little things that go against being Catholic, like the huevo limpia; these are things that are incorporated in our culture.”