After immigrating to the United States as a child, I was raised in the dense and mossy hardwood forests of New England. I would most often be exploring the small triangular parcel of land between my home and my neighbors.

This passion for the elements, seasons and plants has carried over into my adulthood. I have also navigated and carry the wisdom of my own soulful journeys with anxiety, depression and relational healing. Through my life, I have found that increasing our capacity for joy & play is the reason
​we do the "shadow work" and VITAL for the adult soul.

Other community roles and gifts I embody include being an organic vegetable & flower farmer, forager & wildcraft crafter, rites of passage & wilderness guide, graduate school counseling professor, ceramic artist.

I identify as a white, queer, multi-cultural & multi-lingual human who is currently benefits from the stolen lands of the many tribal nations and their ancestral homeland.

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