I've walked through poverty, childhood abuse, foster care, food and housing insecurity, and the lasting wounds of racism, classism, homophobia, and medical neglect. I've navigated chronic illness and the complicated work of rebuilding relationships with parents who weren't always able to show up. My healing has been shaped by mindfulness, journaling, spiritual practice, and music. I've explored questions of gender, sexuality, faith, and identity—how our experiences are shaped at intersections of oppression and power, and how we find ourselves underneath all that noise. I've learned to navigate systems that weren't built for people like us and hold both love and boundaries with people and institutions that hurt us. I don't believe in fixing people. I believe in sitting with someone in the truth of what hurts and staying long enough for something else to become possible. That's what I offer—compassion, curiosity, and steadiness from having been there and made it out alive.