I study with Aja Daashuur - trance medium, spiritual teacher, certified past-life regression integrator, and founder of Spirit House Collective. Her guidance grounded me in clear, loving boundaries with spirit guides and ethical, practical mediumship. I also study with Ariana Strozzi Mazzucchi - founder of SkyHorse Academy and a pioneer of Equine Guided Education - a master somatic coach and lifelong horsewoman whose teaching is helping me design body-led containers and practice presence with horses as teachers. Without their work, I wouldn’t be supported or prepared to hold this space in community.

I’m a white, transmasculine, queer person - genderqueer from a young age - raised poor/working-class on red clay in north-central Texas. I’ve carried the early grief of my mother’s death for over 30 years.

My family lines have been in the colonized U.S. since the 1700s. My ancestors were primarily Irish/Scottish (Gaelic), Germanic/Nordic, and French, with Southern/Appalachian settler roots through Texas and Oklahoma.

I was raised inside an agrarian rhythm, and that’s the backbone of how I work: from the body and the land as sources of meaning. I don’t belong to a single initiatory lineage; my reconnection work leans on nature-based, trauma-aware approaches and on the folkways carried in my family (Irish/Scottish Gaels, Germanic/Nordic, French), braided with Southern/Appalachian settler roots from my Texas and Oklahoma upbringing. I learn through mentorship and lived practice, and I’m continually shaped by public teachings that help me keep the work body-led, ethical, and useful.

I stay within lineage-aligned scope. I don’t use closed Indigenous or African-diasporic ceremonies or practices.

My life and opportunities were shaped by systems built on stolen Indigenous land and Black labor through chattel slavery, reinforced by ongoing anti-Blackness in policy and culture. I carry that truth into this work and commit to material reciprocity (time, money, and amplification) for Black- and Indigenous-led efforts.

I live and host gatherings on the homelands of the spuyaləpabš (Puyallup Tribe). With deep gratitude I honor and acknowledge that the Puyallup people have lived on this land since the beginning of time. They are still here today. They live, work, raise their children, take care of their community, practice their traditional ways and speak the Twulshootseed language – just as their ancestors did.

I studied Environmental Science and started my career teaching outdoor education. I loved helping young people see that the land had wisdom worth listening to. From there, I earned a M.S. in Management & Leadership and spent over a decade building programs and partnerships in the nonprofit world. I thrived working in LGBTQ+ community development, youth empowerment, education, and the arts.

I am currently working on my certification in Equine Guided Education at SkyHorse Academy.