I may have been destined to be a facilitator, coach and educator from an early age.  I remember writing in my planner  as a teenager, "I love meetings!" I don't think it was the meetings themselves that I loved, but it was the connection I felt with others and our collective capacity to create change in the world that mattered to us.​

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I have facilitated, coached, educated, trained and consulted with thousands of individuals and dozens of organizations in the arts of facilitation,  community change, healing from the impacts of separation and division,  leadership, reflection, and authentic community engagement. I have designed and facilitated hundreds conversations, meetings, retreats, strategy sessions, workshops and courses over the years. 

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My style has been described as engaging, authentic, inclusive, calming, inspiring, creative, compassionate and full of thought-provoking  and paradigm shifting questions. I have been told I practice "deep, radical listening" and that people I work with appreciate how I offer and honor choice around where you want to go and how we might get there. My goal is to support a deeper reveal of your own inner wisdom and voice, and your capacity to create rooted, mindful action toward your boldest vision. 

 

Doing My Own Work

I continue to engage deeply and consistently in my own learning and healing. I value asking others to travel where I have or am willing to travel myself. I am on this journey with you, I am not done. I am happy to share my struggles, mistakes, embarrassments as well as those places where powerful learning, healing and shifting have supported my contributions in the world, and I look forward to listening to yours as well. 

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Working in Partnership with a Diversity of Facilitators

I am grateful to have a rich, diverse network of highly skilled co-facilitators I collaborate with. This network is also available to you and your organization. Depending on the needs and make up of your group, we can offer a highly skilled and diverse team of facilitators to partner with you. 

 

My Professional Background
My work draws from my experiences on the faculty and staff of 6 universities,  my role as a senior trainer for the U.S. government, and nearly 20 years as a consultant with numerous educational, government and social profit organizations, including over a decade as an associate with the Luna Jiménez Institute for Social Transformation. I love learning and have earned several academic degrees and professional certifications as a coach and facilitator from the International Coaching Federation and the Technology of Participation. 

 

Theoretical and Experiential Roots of My Work

I bring learning from  so many influences into my work. They include: The UNtraining (where I am on the teaching team), Technology of Participation (where I am a certified facilitator), Interaction Institute for Social Change, the Luna Jiménez Institute for Social Transformation (who carries on the legacies of Lillian Roybal Rose and  Dr. Erica Sherover-Marcuse), Re-evaluation Counseling, Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA), and the Strozzi Institute of Embodied Transformation. I also bring years of academic study in the fields of Elementary Education and Higher Education and Student Development, as well as my learning and growing from a lifetime of relationships, mistake-making and healing.

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For Fun

When I'm not facilitating, coaching, training or consulting, I am probably out for a long walk with my partner in the Bay Area, stopping along the way to eat and enjoy good food,  great conversation (and sometimes a juicy argument), dancing NIA,  connecting with my friends, traveling, or visiting my beloved family in the Midwest. 

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As the founder of Rooted Change Consulting, I look forward to learning about you, what brings you to the work you do in the world, and supporting you in the next chapter of your life.