EDUCATION
CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker (2020)
Master of Social Welfare, Management & Planning at the University of California, Berkeley (2015)
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology & Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2010)
Buddhist Psychology Training Program, Spirit Rock Meditation Center (2023)
Relational Psychodynamic Training Program, Women’s Therapy Center (2015-2018)
My education includes regular classes, workshops, residential retreats, & trainings in the following practice areas:
Conscious Dance & Embodied Movement: Biodanza, Soul Motion, 5Rhythms, Movement Liberation, BIPOC Merge & Emerge, Contact Improv, Embody More Love, & Dance Meets Tantra
Vipassana Meditation: 15+ silent residential retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Retreat Center, Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center, Dhamma Dena Retreat Center, & programs at the East Bay Meditation Center
Expressive Arts: The Tamalpa Institute, Free Your Voice, & Truth by Truth Writing
Nonviolent Communication & Authentic Relating Groups (T-Group and Circling)
Credentials
WORK EXPERIENCE WITH INDIVIDUALS & GROUPS
Program Coordinator at the Empowerment Clubhouse in Marin City, CA (2019-2021)
Therapist at New Directions School in Santa Rosa, CA (2018-2019)
Expressive Arts Therapist at Contra Costa Medical Center in Martinez, CA (2018)
Foster care/Adoption Social Worker at Family Builders in Oakland, CA (2016-2018)
Therapist at the Women’s Therapy Center in Berkeley, CA (2015-2018)
RESEARCH & POLICY WORK EXPERIENCE
Researcher for the Center for Social Sciences Research at UC Berkeley (2014-2015)
Research & Policy Fellow for Race Forward, The Center for Racial Justice Innovation in Oakland, CA (2014-2015)
Research & Policy Fellow for WestCoast Children’s Clinic in Oakland, CA (2013-2014)