What I have done

Professional Summary

My practice began as an longitudinal auto-ethnographic research project delving into topics such as:

• Multicultural socialization

• US Race & Identity Politic

• Disability Justice

• Class consciousness, working-class work ethic, and class inequality

• Immigration, Citizenship, and legal status in the US

• The Medical Industrial Complex

• The Prison Industrial Complex

• The School to Prison Pipeline

• Substance Abuse/Addiction/Mental W(e/i)llness

• Domestic Abuse/Intimate Partner Violence/ and a variety of other abuse dynamics

• Gender & Sexuality: focus in transgender subjectivities 

• Intergenerational Trauma & Intergenerational Healing

• Organized religion, theology, and specifically Catholicism

• Traditional American Rites of Passage

• Animistic Pagan Spirituality

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The decades of lived experience I carry is what informed my later research and professional practice. Although I do not specialize in many of these topics, they are what inform how I view the world, and the ways in which I work to deepen my practice as an equity consultant. To learn more about my professional pursuits, download my CV below.

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Skills

Traditional Storytelling  Coaching     Transformative Justice    Facilitation 
Interpersonal Conflict    Thought Leadership    Intersectional Analysis  Public Speaking Mentorship

Current Service

2021 - Present

Member At-Large

BIPOC Advisory Council

International End of Life Doula Association (INELDA)

2020 - Present

Co-Chair

Public Engagement Review Committee (PERC)

Metro Regional Government

2018 - Present

Member At-Large

Supporting Transgender Immigrant & Refugee Youth (STIRY)

Cascadia Behavior Health

Education

2018 - 2020

Portland State University Honors College

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

2017 - 2018

Lewis & Clark College

Major: Anthropology & Sociology / Minor: Ethnic Studies

2015 - 2017

Portland Community College

Associates of General Studies

Certificate in Therapeutic Horticulture

Interests

My favorite things in life include:

• Hotsprings

• Traditional Crafting, Culture, Ceremony, and Language

• Traveling & spending time in nature exploring

• Horticulture/Permaculture/Botany/Mycology and anything plant/nature related

• Spending time with family, kin, community, and those I hold close to my heart

• Eating super delicious food and exploring an array of cuisine