Healing work for Us has always been important to me, even when I worked in systems that were constructed to harm us and back when I didn’t include myself in that healing work. I’ve been called to this work in different ways throughout my life and in this iteration, I am called to support others with my own (stronger) boundaries, deeper knowledge of self, and continued commitment to learning. 

Before leaving the East Coast and a decade in biomedical research (hematology/oncology & maternal fetal medicine), I spent years as a health and sex educator, holding space for Black and Brown women in transitional housing, as well as supporting Latinx community members living with HIV, while completing my Masters of Public Health at Temple University.

In the Bay Area, after completing my Masters of Counseling Psychology in Community Mental Health, at CIIS, I have worked as a programs manager, providing support to volunteers holding circles with incarcerated adults in their restorative/transformative justice processes, as well as holding these spaces with incarcerated co-facilitators. I have provided spiritual/emotional support at events for community members at Chysralis and BLMP (Black LGBTQIA Migrant Project).

I started my private practice in 2015, in hopes to have a practice that more mirrored what folks I knew would want and need for support. As I worked at different Bay Area non-profits to help complete my hours towards licensure, I became more clear about the ways I wanted my practice to differ from what was offered in non-profit spaces. I grew my practice and joined an Oakland-based, Black and brown group practice that supported me in creating what I envisioned for myself.  In 2019, I set up my own solo brick and mortar practice space until the pandemic shut-down in 2020. Project Ete Sen, which supports Black trans and queer therapists in getting rest and time off through a financial gift and more, was created in 2020. Since then, I’ve continued to shape and reshape my practice and other work in ways that fulfill and are in alignment with me. Most of my current work is done virtually to prioritize safety and accessibility.

I’ve lived a lot of different lives and experiences and I draw from all of them to do this work.

Who do I work with?

• Black folks, Brown and Asian folks, and Multiracial folks

• Queer, Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay-identified people

• Transgender, Genderqueer, Non-Binary, and Gender-non-conforming folks

• Fat-identified folks/People of Size

• Neurodivergent/neuro+ folks with or without diagnosis, including autism and adhd

• People living with chronic illness and disability, including HIV

• Organizers, activists, and folks trying to get free

• Folks grounded in their culture/ethnicity and spirituality, Immigrants/migrants and their descendants

• Folks grounded in a collectivist worldview

• Polyamorous, non-monogamous, kink/BDSM-involved folks

• Folks impacted by incarceration and/or previously incarcerated

• Folks living at the intersections of these and other identities and experiences