I have two great passions: 

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      to reveal & embrace what is hidden, shamed, or stolen

             & to collectively create ecosystems of community care 

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Community deathcare lies at the intersection of these desires. I believe all people have the right and the responsibility to care for each other throughout life and death, and to make choices that dignify our inherent sovereignty. 

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My professional background has always centered around community care and advocacy. In my work with grassroots non-profit organizations and folx healing from trauma around the world, from Thailand to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Seattle, I have held space for deep human sorrows and learned to take accountability for my part in systems of oppression. Forging an ethical path in a world ruled by supremacy is difficult, and I have made many mistakes along the way. But I have also been inspired by the work that we can do together to reimagine what liberation can look like in our communities. 

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My path to deathcare was paved through intimacy with death & grief. When my sister died in 2016, I lived through the suffering that a deathphobic and shame-driven society has created. Her death showed me the true depth of our collective sickness, while also giving me the bravery to begin shedding the externally-imposed identities I had been suffocating inside of. 

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