Dirt Kicker.
Educator.
Forest Dweller.
Storyteller.
I am a mother to one perfect cat, two spoiled yet emotionally bereft dogs, and a courageous human child who is the recipient of my life long love letter. I am fortunate enough to create a home with my love, painter Gage Opdenbrouw. We all live deep within fire country, among the tallest trees in the world, close enough to the ocean that the fog can be salted. I have a background in union organizing, abortion and birth work, working with birds of prey for community education, & certification as a naturalist, all of which informs my writing, as do all authors who I have learned from by reading their books, essays, manifestos and poems. I am eternally grateful to everyone who has supported me working towards publication; it is scary and uphill and the bouts of joy are deceiving, but I could not be more thrilled to grind into the work. It is work that is done in solitude and yet I am not alone. Thank you.
I do want to say, I write place based story, and yet, the land that I am on, it is not my own. If you are not Native, please join me in paying your annual Land Tax to the Sogorea Te' Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. You can learn more about this critical movement here.
Educator.
Forest Dweller.
Storyteller.
I am a mother to one perfect cat, two spoiled yet emotionally bereft dogs, and a courageous human child who is the recipient of my life long love letter. I am fortunate enough to create a home with my love, painter Gage Opdenbrouw. We all live deep within fire country, among the tallest trees in the world, close enough to the ocean that the fog can be salted. I have a background in union organizing, abortion and birth work, working with birds of prey for community education, & certification as a naturalist, all of which informs my writing, as do all authors who I have learned from by reading their books, essays, manifestos and poems. I am eternally grateful to everyone who has supported me working towards publication; it is scary and uphill and the bouts of joy are deceiving, but I could not be more thrilled to grind into the work. It is work that is done in solitude and yet I am not alone. Thank you.
I do want to say, I write place based story, and yet, the land that I am on, it is not my own. If you are not Native, please join me in paying your annual Land Tax to the Sogorea Te' Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. You can learn more about this critical movement here.