About Me
Personal Values
Warmth: be kind, have fun, live with fervor, love deeply
Integrity: be honest, be reliable, do the right thing, be humble, own mistakes
Imagination: be curious, create and dream
Leadership: develop others, convene, innovate, ignite, be factual
Service: help others, support communities, give back, effectuate justice
Nature: learn from it, rest in it, protect it, change with it, take in its splendor
Skills and experience
20 years of experience working with young people and families
Developing and sustaining meaningful partnerships
Building and managing teams
Community outreach
Advocacy
Project planning and management
Camping and hiking
Grant writing
Working in high performing and fast-paced environments
Clinical work
Understanding trauma, Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACES) including community PACES and the importance of protective factors
Commitment to learning and action, anti-racist practices, social justice issues and healing centered/trauma informed approaches.
Inspirational Quotes
“Healing looks like patience, courage, commitment, forgiveness, exercise, water, nature, love, laughter, agency, you, me, and the mirror.” -Sizwe Andrews Abakah (see Flourish Agenda, Inc. on Instagram, May 12, 2020)
“The best classroom and the widest cupboard is roofed only by the sky.” -Margaret McMillan
“Every morning we are born again. What we do today matters most. “ - Buddha
“Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.” -Calvin and Hobbes
“Live if you want to live
That's what we got to give!” -Bob Marley
“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light.”-James Baldwin
“Wheels of justice grind slow but grind fine.” -Sun Tzu
Recent Reading
Ikigai, Hector Garcia
Social change Ecosystem Map, Deepa Iyer
Great Garden Champions, Sally Jean Cunningham
The Four Pivots, Shawn Ginwright
Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism, Adrienne Maree Brown
Rest Is Resistance, A Manifesto, Tricia Hersey
My Grandmother’s Hands, Resmaa Menakem
The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo
Geoseed 2024 catalog
Current Reading
Loving Corrections, Adrienne Maree Brown
Mid-Atlantic Home Landscaping, 4th Edition, 46 Landscape Designs With 200+ Plants & Flowers For Your Region, Roger Holmes and Rita Buchanan
The Grind Culture Detox, Heather Archer
