I am a facilitator and coach with a passion for supporting individuals, dyads, and groups in coming into right relationship as they navigate major transitions, conflict, repair, and healing.

I am a nonbinary, queer person with ancestral roots in Southern Mexico and come to this work with nearly twenty years of combined experience as an educator, community organizer, community interpreter, and facilitator.

I work with the conviction that individuals and groups have the innate wisdom and inner resources to navigate any challenges they are facing and forge the way towards their highest purpose. My role is to hold a space where all voices can be heard, equip my clients with the tools to navigate difficult and complex conversations with courage and compassion, and to provide steady accompaniment as clients find their way through to the other side of the unknown. I also hold keen awareness of how power imbalances can live inside all relationships and provide a space and tools for naming and working with them towards generative ends. 

Formal Education

• University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D Candidate)

• California State University, Los Angeles (B.A. and M.A.)

Trainings

• Portland Processwork Institute Diplomate Program (Ongoing)

• CRR Global Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching

• Healing and Reconciliation Institute Facilitator Training

• Co-Active Coaching Fundamentals

• Introduction to Coaching for Healing Justice and Liberation

• SEEDS Community Resolution Center 40-Hour Mediation Certification

• AORTA Headwaters Facilitation Apprenticeship

• The Management Center’s Managing to Change the World

• Training for Change Advanced Training of Trainers

• Generative Somatics Transformation in Action