With humble beginnings in a north county suburb of San Diego, I reveled in formative years spent cooling off in the mighty Pacific; buzzing through fall nights at the Oceanside Farmer's Market; serving on the board of the local 4-H Chapter; indulging in my first love for gymnastics; and marching through downtown Vista in holiday parades.

It may have been my birth in Canada that instilled within me deep values for community, however it was my family's move to San Diego that taught me the brilliance of multi-generational and mutli-cultural community. 

My hunger for Self-Expression has always been great and I have been great at feeding it - with years spent writing, dancing, taking photographs, documenting, performing, reflecting, singing & more.  Yet, not without some hardship, as my physically stable upbringing quietly masked an emotionally turbulent home where real intimacy, deep emotional connection and honest communication were noticeably absent.  Instead, fear was rife - in fact, it was a tool wielded for control - and, as a result, I found myself afraid to open up my arms wide in the full embrace of others, me and this life.  

Undaunted, I continued to dance, perform and express. My introduction to "Embodiment" began at Sonoma State University where, in 1999, I earned a B.A. with Honors in Theatre Arts: Modern Dance.  Under the tutelage of Nancy Lyons and Ann Woodhead, I sank into movement modalities such as Ideokinesis, Feldenkrais, Contact Dance Improvisation, Authentic Movement, Expressive Arts & more.  With Pam Su as my business mentor, I also founded the Campus Rec Dance Program as well as led the outdoor, experiential education program.

As a college graduate at the turn of the century, I taught dance to children in the inner city of San Francisco, traveled the globe by coaching gymnastics in Switzerland and leading outdoor adventures in France, and deepened my intimacy with the northern hemisphere night sky by teaching astronomy and physics to kids in the southern California mountains.  In 2003, I felt called to return to graduate school and, although I thought it was only for a mere respite, to the bustling city center of San Diego.

Over the course of the past nine years, I have struggled to present myself to this here and now.  In direct counter-response, I have been buzzing about San Diego lore, culture and shared story as a means to root and ground myself. 

While at Goddard College, I began connecting, weaving and embodying my personal arts practice of dancing, writing and digital media - with my major focus on community.  My mentors from this time period include the work of the mother of dance education in America, Margaret H'Doubler; the inventor of the Expressive Arts Movement, Anna Halprin; and 60's "Happenings" creator, Allan Kaprow.  I am also grateful for the patience of my advisor, Canadian Interdisciplinary artist, Laiwan. 

Today, I call my theory the metaphor of movement.  It is an EarthBody philosophy in which I integrate the language of the dance as a tool for personal transformation and global healing.

In response to the high levels of illness and disease that Americans are living and suffering through, I co-created the Prosperity Hive in 2010 - a green dance studio and community center located in the heart of downtown San Diego.  The Hive was just one solution toward increasing an American health-wealth diet based on Community, Vibrance, Relationship, Creative Engagement & more.  The Hive was supported by over forty-plus years of locally-grown organizations and people, inlcuding Dance Church Encinitas, the Enchanted Gardener, the Hidden Valley Retreat and Spa, the Whole Being Weekend, the Cultivating Food Justice Conference, ShaktiRising & more.

Now, in response to the low levels of American employment and Self-Empowerment, I aim to honor the industrious nature of the honeybee by actively creating INDUSTRY.  As the leader of San Diego's Tribal Truth, I am continuing to empower the dreams of others as I also work with Tribal Truth CEO and Founder, Tanya Paluso, in  offering an "Open Source Blueprint for Local Sustainability and Global Prosperity" - a vision that celebrates and reveres agriculture as a vibrant art form once more; that reclaims San Diego's abundant, agricultural story; and that weaves a restored narrative based on the premise of possibility found in every moment.                                     "YES!  And?"