Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

I am a parent rebuilding attuned connection, so I stay attentive to my children's many needs. I am also a workshop facilitator, a lifelong learner, and deeply engaged in mutual aid within my community. As such, I manage three calendars (Grow, please help make these sync better—lol). So please be patient if I need to book our initial session differently than what appears. Consistent and clear communication is always part of the process, and I want to be transparent about this. I know you’ve done a lot to get this far, and I truly appreciate that. In our first session, we will gather history as part of an assessment and establish a plan for how our sessions will be structured. We will co-create norms and agreements that foster effective therapy and meaningful collaboration. Together, we’ll explore communication styles and relational dynamics, and I can share examples of my modalities and how they can support you in activating healthier interpersonal and working relationships—ensuring that our work is deeply aligned with organizational growth. Honestly, we can decide together if we’re a good fit. Please trust yourself in this process; knowing this is important. I can always help you find another amazing provider who may suit you better or specialize in an area I do not. My approach centers on maintaining hope and building power in the face of adversity. Through a combination of somatic, dialogic, and creative practices, we will unlearn oppressive habits—both subconscious and conscious—that limit individual and collective potential, cultivating resilience and adaptability. Whether you continue working with me or transition to another Grow provider, trust your process and honor your needs—because transformative change requires both commitment and courage.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

I come from a long lineage of artists and poets, a heritage that has shaped how I process my emotions and experiences. Art remains at the core of my work, fueling my commitment to decolonial thriving. My background in community organizing has led me to provide workshops for organizations dedicated to immigrant rights, human rights, and environmental justice. In my practice, I weave together the essential connections between organizing, transformative justice, and healing justice—ensuring these principles guide our sessions toward meaningful and lasting change. I lean very hard into realistic, stragetic hopeful courageous action in my life and with clients. We can be accountable to ensure your hope can persist and you can ground yourself even through immense challenges. I am tender,supportive, and direct. I will be courageous to tell you the truth, even if it is difficult. I provide evidence based and best practices to move through blocked painful beliefs, habits, and dynamics. I am immensevely creative and always have new tools and approaches to offer, and I enjoy providing choices to ensure the sessions are beneficial and that you practice asserting yourself.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I work best with folks who are ready to overcome the harmful lineage of colonial domination and examine culture to center creative growth and thriving using short-term, deeply immersive work that ensures rapid but lasting transformation. Results typically realized within 3 to 6 months. I work best with creative and neurodiverse people of color who want to have more accountability and willing to try new approaches to overcoming challenges that include movement, self-expression, creativity, and spirituality in expanded forms. We will engage in short term therapy (3-6 months or less depemding on the target) in order to immediately implement grounding techniques and short term EMDR, art therapy, applied practices and move through stagnation into your power.

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