My Background

I don’t know who I am. This website, business, persona is a way of figuring it out. It’s under construction - let me know what you make of it.

Highlights:

1. I am a white queer woman committed to making #BlackLivesMatter. I have a lot of privileges, and mess up a lot. But i do keep trying to become an anti-racist human being, and to listen to people when they tell me I’ve harmed them.

2. Over the past ten years, I’ve worked in criminal justice reform as a storyteller, program evaluator, researcher, interviewer, and community organizer. I’ve also nannied, washed dishes, volunteered at emotional & crisis support helplines, facilitated meetings, provided court support, led trainings & on.

3. I love Oral History so much that i went to Columbia University to get a master’s in it. For my audio documentary thesis, I interviewed formerly incarcerated activists fighting to expand voting rights in Massachusetts. It’s ongoing work over at Democracy Behind Bars Coalition.

4. I do improv. I love the knowledge that everything we do in the moment just is and we’re all making it up. I’ve taken comedy classes at the PIT and Second City, and graduated from ImprovBoston. You can regularly catch me improvising in everyday conversations, though not often on-stage.

5. Organizing comes naturally to me. When I learned it was an industry, I took classes through the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO), and Institute for Challenging Disorganization. I am not currently a member of either group, though I benefit from their resources.

6. I helped found the Greater Boston Childcare Collective, a volunteer collective that provides childcare for racial & social justice community meetings and events.

7. I am the Community Coordinator for Skills for Life, an occupational therapy office in Massachusetts. I help neurodivergent and disabled young adult clients get to know each other around the Boston-area.

Commitments

I work with community groups committed to achieving racial and social justice in Massachusetts, mainly focused on prison abolition and mental health.

My work is informed by the trauma I have survived and people who have shared their traumas with me. I have experience around incarceration, domestic violence, military service, coercive schooling, and family dysfunction, though I do not profess to be an expert on any of these areas.

I have particular resonance with the following “disorders” and diagnoses: Attention Deficit (Hyperactive) Disorder, Anxiety, Autism, Borderline Personality Disorder, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Highly Sensitive Person, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I cherish all forms of Neurodivergence and disability.

Disclaimer: Life is messy and, when pushed to extremes, traumatic. Healing takes a lot of forms and requires experimentation. I am not trained as a therapist or coach, and my ability to help you process feelings or life events is limited.

I encourage clients to hire me once they’ve already done some work with a mental health professional, and I hold myself accountable to naming when I feel in over my head. I’ll do my best to help you find a resource that works for you, and to remain open to feedback from clients.