Reflect, Reimagine & Create Change
Through prior professional engagements and Brave Sis Project, I have worked with leaders, teams, and communities to build more humane, equitable, and liberatory ways of working and being together. This practice brought together storytelling, coaching, and facilitated learning with a deep commitment to racial and gender justice, centering the often-erased legacies of BIPOC women as blueprints for courage, care, and shared power.
While direct client-service is now delivered through the Brave Sis Project Solidarity Lab and not as an employee, the whole of the praxis invites people to reflect and reimagine how they lead, learn, relate, and create change. The approach is rooted in history, accountable to the present, and oriented toward a more dignified future for us all.
Guest Articles
- Brave Sis Project #SistoryLessons Newsletter ↗
- Brave Sis Project Solidarity and Unity Space (Substack) ↗
- Blowing Bubbles: An Election Reflection — South Seattle Emerald (November, 2024)
- When Seeking Equitable Outcomes, Words Matter (November, 2024)
- Parenting as a Blueprint for Participatory Work — Proximate Press (October, 2024) and Our Brave Foremothers in Community Driven Activism (March 2023)
- Dear Progressive White Women: An Updated Love Letter (I am Not Your Venice) — South Seattle Emerald (September, 2024) and Friendship in Black, White, and Color: A Women’s History Month Seattle Love Letter (March, 2023)
Speaking & Events
- Centerstone Health guest workshop “Leadership, Resilience, and Community: Lessons from BIPOC Foremothers” (teach-in on the life of Ella Baker) (July 2024)
- Panelist for Washington Women’s Foundation discussion on philanthropy for women and girls of color (October, 2023)
- Guest Speaker, Bill Gates Foundation Gender Equality Day (May 2023)
- Curated Intersectional Feminist Book List for “Dendrofemology” feminist activation on Washington DC Mall (October 2023)
- Received commendation from the City of Burien, Washington for Black History Month (February, 2023)
Philosophy & Approach
My philosophy and its purpose rest on the belief that stories can shift consciousness and mindsets, and that historical storytelling helps people connect more deeply with their humanity and that of others. From here, it is a short step to reframing systems of solidarity and power more clearly.
My focus begins with the Foremothers, particularly those whose stories have been erased or neglected: researching them, tending to their memories, sharing and celebrating their lives, and lifting their stories up as levers for activation and a more just world. Through this storytelling, I center Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous women, not as side notes but as essential spirit-mothers whose lives widen our sense of who matters, what courage can both look like and achieve, and how solidarity might actually feel like, in truth. My invitation is to join a circle of wisdom-seekers who value empathy, truth-telling, celebration, enchantment, and the possibility of a more hopeful shared humanity.
The other arc of my work is to help people carry those activations into their own lives. Through Brave Sis Project and the Solidarity Lab, I create pathways that move people from inspiration to reflection, from reflection to action, and from action to sustained solidarity practice in their communities and institutions. As a writer, I build the narrative and meaning-making foundation; as a founder and leader, I translate that foundation into brave-space containers, tools, and shared praxes that help people —including those formerly in the “DEI” space — sustain and revel in the work with integrity. My goal is to foster a more connected, loving, and liberated world.
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