About Me
I am a passionate Leo, extrovert, eldest daughter, and verbal processor living in Portland, Oregon. I move through life as an optimist, astrology lover, abolitionist, avoidant-tendency haver, and creative thinker. I am also a certified Professional Life Coach who has coached queer & trans people across multiple continents.
I’ve been teaching, leading, and coaching my entire life. I’ve worked as a caregiver, public school teacher, support group facilitator, and community organizer. At the core of it, every job I’ve had has been about leading people through personal transformation. I became a life coach so I could do just that in the way I found most impactful in my own life.
My experience as a non-binary trans person is one of my main muses for this work. I watched my entire self and life change through the evolution of my gender and it taught me how to craft a life that truly feels like mine. Now I get to help you do the same!
My educational lineage
Graduated from Willamette University with a BA in Public Health and minor in Communications
Certified as a Professional Life Coach (ICF Accredited) through Portland Community College
Trained on trauma-informed care by Trauma Informed Oregon
Completed the community organizing training “Organizing For Justice”with Midwest Academy
Certified as an Equity-Informed Mediator by Resolutions Northwest
Other forms of education that influence my work:
Unlearning whiteness as a power structure and dominant culture
Understanding how systems of oppression are created, maintained, connected, and dismantled
The history of race in the United States
The history of queer & trans resistance in the United States
Personal Studies:
Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
Care Work by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha
Healing Resistance by Kazu Haga
Trans Care by Hil Malatino
Leadership and the New Science by Margaret Wheatley
Books:
We Keep us Safe by Zach Norris
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Testo Junkie by Paul Preciado
Medical Bondage by Deirdre Owens Cooper
Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey