Mission

My purpose is to facilitate the empowerment and self-actualization of the youth I work with.

In a lot of ways, as a society, we have lost our connection to humanity. I want to support youth in loving themselves and loving each other.

This of course, is a life-long process, but ultimately, the journey that each of us takes.

As an educator, there are multiple avenues that I use to approach this goal.

One is through the books I create. I want all children to see themselves in their own shining light and to feel uplifted when doing so. I want the books that all children are exposed to to be inclusive of all human beings.

Another way I support youth is through the practice of mindfulness and yoga. Mindfulness builds the ability to be with Self, to practice BEING rather than doing, performing, and achieving. It allows us to be with whatever emotions come our way, the difficult and the easy, because life is this way, full of ups and downs.

Yoga practice encourages attention to the body and to preparing the body for the stillness of mindful sitting through mindful movement, especially when the body is holding pain, trauma, difficult emotions, etc.

I have been lucky to teach mindfulness and yoga in the academic classroom with students and, since 2017, as a full-time mindfulness and mindful movement teacher in Oakland public schools. In 2019, I ran my first week-long Yoga Camp in Berkeley, California.