"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way.  On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."
~Arundhati Roy

It takes all of us, each with our various crafts and ways of loving, to call a new world into being. 

Somatic counselling and bodywork are my offerings toward social change.  I work with those of us who are impacted by trauma and oppression, and those of us who dream of new possibilities, for the sake of our individual and collective healing, aliveness, and power. 

I have been learning from generative somatics since 2010, including generative somatics Teacher Training Program for five years, which was a rigorous mentorship program that trained particpants deeply in trauma theory, somatic practices, bodywork, and the facilitation of somatic work in group settings.  My mentors included Spenta Kandawalla and Staci Haines (co-founders of generative somatics), Jennifer Ianello, MawuLisa Thomas-Adeyemo, Lui Hoi Man, and Nathan Shara. I also learned deeply from adrienne marie brown, Prentis Hemphill, and Yashna Padamsee.

I was mentored by thought-leaders in the disability justice movement, including Patty Berne and Aurora Levins Morales, during a year-long artist residency with Sins Invalid.  I was a founding member of generative somatics’ Disability Justice Committee, which made significant contributions to accessibility within generative somatics’ teaching and methodology. I have lived with chronic illness for two decades; my body has been my longest-term teacher in the art and practice of deep listening.

I earned my Masters in Social Work from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011, where my clinical counselling focus was working with queer and trans clients, while co-leading a student effort to improve the school's racial equity practices.  I am a Registered Social Worker.

I am queer and femme. I am also a parent to a young child, which is currently my most depthful place of learning. I have profound respect for longings and journeys towards parenting, including queer and trans journeys towards parenting.

I love riding my bicycle, laughing with friends, reading in the sun, and swimming in the ocean in the summer.

I am grateful to live and offer this work on the traditional and unceded territories of xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.