I am devoted to helping individuals turn toward each other and greet conflict as an opportunity to transform the future. I revel in bringing people together and creating spaces where they can explore and reveal themselves—where they can remember what unites them. From that place, we can co-create new, more supportive realities.

My work is deeply personal, reflecting my own journey of using relationships, community, and conflict as teachers.

For the past decade, I’ve been dedicated to promoting Restorative Justice in the Hudson Valley. In 2014, I joined Family of Woodstock’s Restorative and Juvenile Justice Services Department, serving as a Case Manager for Ulster County’s One80 program for six years. I later expanded the department to include community cases and school-based Restorative Justice programs, eventually becoming Assistant Program Director. Since 2021, I’ve worked as the Restorative Practices Coordinator for the Kingston, Saugerties, and New Paltz School Districts, supporting each district in its unique approach to implementing Restorative Practices.

My work is backed by extensive training. I’m a Fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, where I earned a certificate in School-Justice Partnerships and Diversion Pathways. I’ve studied under Dr. Tom Cavanagh of RJEd and became a Licensed Restorative Practices Trainer through the International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP) in 2022. I’ve also served as Assistant to the Executive Director and a volunteer Circle Keeper in the Newburgh Model at The Restorative Center in Newburgh, NY.

My approach to Restorative Justice is deeply rooted in indigenous wisdom. In 2020, I completed EarthTime Project’s Ancient Art of Awareness: A One-Year Apprenticeship in Native Philosophy and have also trained at Tom Brown Jr.'s Tracker School. Additionally, I’ve studied narrative medicine, storytelling, and hypnosis through the Coyote Institute.

In May 2023, I earned my Master’s in Social Work from SUNY Albany and in 2024 when Ulster County no longer deemed Restorative Practices a funding priority, I left Family of Woodstock and started CASTING CIRCLES! 🪄 to continue and expand the use of circles because I truly believe that sitting in Circle together and talking about what’s important to us is the medicine that is needed… in our homes, in our schools, in our businesses and organizations, and in our local communities.

In my spare time, I love geeking out over astrology✨, sci-fi🛸/fantasy🦄 franchises, playing on the floor with my daughter 👶🏽 and cat 🐈‍⬛, and brewing the occasional potion 🧙🏽‍♀️.