Hello!

I believe the greatest changes are possible when communities are built and mobilized. That is why you will find testimonials throughout this site where members of my community, be it audience members from my trainings, supervision or consultation clients, or nonprofit leaders crafting the perfect training series with me for their staff. I trust my community to help me share what you can expect from me in this work.

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of clinical mental health experience. Specializes in treatment of acute, complex, secondary and vicarious traumatic stress.

• Facilitate trauma-informed trainings in diverse settings locally in Philadelphia, state-wide in PA and nation-wide.

• Provide Trauma-Focused cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR alongside expressive arts and body-centered techniques to empower children, families and communities to lead successful and fulfilling lives.

• Spent over 10 years providing evidence-based trauma-focused therapy to child + adult survivors of sexual violence, exploitation and trafficking.

• Awarded the Innovative Changemaker Leadership Award by National Children’s Alliance.

• Currently provides direct social work services, curriculum development and strategic planning across the community at the University of Pennsylvania's Veterinary School as the Associate Director of Wellbeing.

• Co-founded the Philadelphia Juvenile Anti Trafficking Coalition to improve communication among survivors, systems, and stakeholders with competing values to unify our trauma-informed and culturally competent response to trafficking.

• Governor appointed to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Committee, the official juvenile justice planning, coordinating, and policy-setting body for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

• Earned my Master of Social Work degree at the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology at Boston University.

• Previously worked in community organizing, campaign building and localized fundraising efforts that were focused on addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and LGBTQ legal rights.

• Taught art to children before I discovered the helping profession.

My professional and personal style seeks to honor my ancestors, acknowledge the harms done by settler colonization and slavery, and express gratitude. The history and legacies of harm still impact native communities today. Despite adversity, modern descendants maintain cultures that must be honored and celebrated.

I aspire to be anti-racist. I aspire to be in good relation with my community, profession, environment and loved ones here and gone. This is a work in progress, a daily practice and only possible because of the generosity of so many thinkers, writers, content creators and others.

This is my dog Beau who I rescued in 2018. He is the best.