My Journey Into This Work

For more than 25 years, I’ve lived every layer of organizational life — from entry-level roles and answering phones to writing multi-million-dollar government grants, navigating crisis, rebuilding infrastructure, and serving as CEO. I’ve mentored and coached executive leaders, aligned boards, restructured organizations, and guided teams through their most defining transitions.

 

And I’ve also lived the realities of these systems — not just the theory.

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I’ve raised children on public assistance.
I’ve endured rooms where I was underestimated.
I’ve stood on national stages.
I’ve sat in boardrooms rewriting futures.
I’ve held the weight of responsibility without a net.
I’ve led while healing.
I’ve created while surviving.
I’ve built while mothering.
I’ve witnessed what systems can do, and what they fail to hold.

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I have lived the very systems I now help others transform — and that is my superpower.

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How I Work

My practice integrates:

• Ontological coaching (being → action → impact)

• Systems thinking and organizational design

• DEI as lived experience and structural necessity

• Trauma-informed leadership

• Workforce development

• Governance and strategy

• Story, identity, and embodiment

 

I am completing the Advanced Team & Executive Coaching program (ATEC) and finalizing my certification as an OME Coach through Ideal Coaching Global. My academic work includes a degree in Ontological Advancement and Development, with a minor in Industrial and Personnel Psychology. I am also completing a master’s program focused on Ontology, Systems, & Possibility.

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My clients describe me as:

• bold

• grounding

• intuitive

• disarming

• incisive

• safe

• direct

• deeply human

 

I name what others avoid.
I make complexity simple.
I ask questions that shift identity.
I hold space with precision and tenderness.
I walk with leaders toward alignment — with honesty and no apology.

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Who I Am Beyond the Work

I am a writer.
A creative.
A mother of four.
A homeschool educator.
A storyteller.
A survivor.
A truth-teller.
A world-builder.
A woman who has rebuilt her life more than once.
And the proud grandmother to three toy poodles: Gigi, Mr. Jimmy, and our newest tiny addition, Quarkzi.

 

I read endlessly, learn constantly, and believe deeply in the power of becoming. Life has stretched me, sharpened me, and softened me — and every part of that journey informs how I lead, teach, and coach.

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My Philosophy

This work is not about fixing what’s broken.
It is about remembering what is true.
It is about identity, dignity, structure, and liberation.
It is about becoming who you say you are — and building systems that reflect that truth.

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Every Day, Make Progress.™
Every Day, Practice Possibility.™