WEA Advocacy Network

Love is my religion, and all that I do is with the intention of reminding humanity - myself included - that Love is who we are. I believe the most loving thing we can do for each other is to see the perfection in one another, to see that we lack nothing in Spirit. My biggest passion is EXPRESSION...moving what's inside, out...whether through dance, written correspondence, open communication, transparent, courageous leadership or unabashed affection for my fellow human beings.

I live and work in Chico (Northern Sacramento Valley, California, USA). I am thrilled to be birthing a new consulting firm these days, am the co-founder of Think Local, Chico! (www.thinklocalchico.org) and work with the Center for Ecosystem Research at CSUC. 

I am deeply in Love with Chico, the mellow and bubbling community where I reside. My BA is from CSU Chico in Social Ecology and Personal Ethics. I completed two Rockwood Leadership Program trainings (1999 and 2000) and the Co-Active Leadership Program (2007), and have high regard for both programs. I also completed the Co-Active Coaching Program (2004) and currently coach business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in the area of leadership.

Mentors include Jesus, my closest girlfriends, mom Carmen and dad Joseph, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Mark Dubois, Bob Marley, Jim Henson, food goddess Marianne Brenner, creative beam Marcia Briggs, Mother Theresa, Paul Hawken, bluegrass gospel queen Alison Krauss, my coach Charles Zook and a handful of professors at CSU Chico primarily in Religious Studies.

Some of my favorite things in the world are canyons, hands and feet, Brazilian music, cold dark chocolate, rivers and creeks, rainbows, Sesame Street, and the scent of tuberoses.