about me

Born and raised in Los Angeles, I earned my BA in Communication Studies with dual minors in Cognitive Science and Anthropology from UCLA. 

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In 2018, I left the United States for a master's in Sustainable Urbanism at the world-leading Bartlett School of Planning at UCL. In planning school, I saw the world with new eyes. I began seeing what is and what can be: the two-way interaction between people and their environment, between internal and external systems and structures. I saw third spaces as a leverage point --  areas where people meet and interact outside of home and work that can be used to catalyze participation in meaningful projects and connect in meaningful ways. 

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From here, I made the leap to social-ecological systems transformation. In 2020 I built a non-profit in Berlin based on connection to self, other, purpose, and planet as another way to engage with climate action. I hold spaces where people can come together to alchemize difficult emotions, process collective trauma and integrate new ways of knowing, being, and doing in the world. I am currently exploring how we can bring in the intelligence of the body and collective awareness to move beyond the barriers currently blocking our path to climate action. I am also curious about how we might integrate creativity-based or "soft" approaches to managing the difficult challenges of our times, from art therapy to meditation and imagination. Can we come from beauty and joy, rather than fear? How do we practice using compassion, empathy and our shared humanity to "stay with the trouble"?

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As a facilitator, I work with several modalities and frameworks including eco-spirituality and climate psychology, deep listening, Art of Hosting, the Work that Reconnects, system sensing (Theory U), systems thinking, and embodiment practices. 

I am a dancer, contemplative activist, and urbanist-in-residence at Life Itself Berlin, an intentional community exploring wiser and weller ways of living.