Founder, Strategic Consultant & Holistic Leadership Coach

Chicago Foundation for Women

Internal team composed of staff members selected by CFW leadership to build a framework in which an Antiracist Transformation Team can be appointed and sustained at The Foundation. The project includes additional training to understand how to design and plan pro-Black, pro-indigenous transformation including the design of implementation, accountability, recruitment and selection plans.

Rockwood Leadership Institute

Lead Designer and Facilitator of Team Retreat Curriculum (org-wide and team specific) designed to directly further the organization's inclusion, belonging, and cultural goals increasing staff retention by 83%.

Office of the City Clerk, City of Chicago

Project management, recruitment and facilitation of the Girls’ Summit Youth Advisory Council. Lead for Youth Advisory Council members, not only as part of the 2020 Virtual Girls Summit, but also in design and facilitation of an 8-month leadership development program building civic engagement, advocacy and interview / job training.

Asna Yoga & Wellness Studio

Practice grounded in foundational hatha yoga flows aiming for simplicity, repetition, ease of movement, and emphasize personal choice. Leading participants through, Pranayama (breathwork) before, fluid movement, guided meditation and intention-setting ritual. Closing out the rejuvenating class in community with snacks and handmade ceramic gifts.

Rockwood Leadership Institute

Design and implementation of an engaging 3-Month onboarding experience for new-hires, the first of its kind at the organization, leading to the highest retention rate on my team in the organization’s history.

Chicago Foundation for Women

Leading a collaborative curriculum design process, regular curriculum assessment and evaluation, session material design and project implementation doubling the organization’s annual engagement of Black Leaders in 2019 and another 50% in 20204.

Sequoia Natural History Association

Partnering with NPS to design and deliver an engaging interpretive program of nature-centered opera performance to inspire appreciation for the park's natural resources and cultural connection.

Rockwood Leadership Institute

Pro-Black, Pro-Indigenous, Anti-White Supremacy Curriculum designed to engage staff in directly furthering the organization’s operational equity, HR and equity goals.

Arizona State University

Course from which the student designs curriculum outlining the process and theory of strategic management with primary emphasis on situation analysis, strategy formulation, strategy implementation and strategy evaluation.

Rockwood Leadership Institute

Designing relevant and engaging curriculum to address budget management skill gaps team-wide including cross-team engagement, incentives for direct reports’ to apply learned skills and the formalizing of a refining project budgeting system based upon team needs.

Rockwood Leadership Institute

A team retreat for Black members of staff providing a dedicated space for colleagues to connect on a cultural level, fostering a strong sense of community and belonging.

Rockwood Leadership Institute

Leading a collaborative curriculum refinement process, including the creation of regular curriculum assessment and evaluation, session material design and project implementation increasing the organization’s annual engagement of Black Leaders by 9.6% in 2021 and a full 12% by 2023.

Arizona State University

Experiential Learning Fellowship from which the outcome is a fully designed curriculum on The Art and Science of Happiness completed in partnership with ASU Faculty.

Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business

BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, one of the top ranked in the country, is an approach to answering questions, solving problems and addressing contemporary social issues from multiple perspectives. The core curriculum provides students with the intellectual tools to integrate their concentration areas, engage in transdisciplinary problem-solving, and prepare for careers and graduate programs that increasingly cross disciplinary boundaries.

The Yoga Therapy Institute

The Yoga Alliance registered program integrates Yoga Therapy principles into a comprehensive curriculum, preparing Certified Teachers with a mindful approach to the teaching of yoga, prioritizing safety, individuality and all of the circumstances that might affect one’s practice of yoga from a trauma-informed teaching methodology and a trauma-sensitive study of asanas alongside the study of anatomy, physiology, yoga history and philosophy.

Coaching for Healing Justice & Liberation

The Liberatory Coaching Certification Program is a 9-month professional coaching certification training for BIPOC social justice movement leaders who are committed to learning coaching skills for individual and collective liberation. The 9-month program teaches liberatory coaching skills from an anti-systemic oppression lens, with the awareness of spirit and the ancestors.

CompassPoint Non-Profit Services

"Centering People During Organizational Change and Transition" training equips nonprofit leaders with strategies to navigate change effectively by prioritizing the well-being and engagement of their teams. Participants will learn to implement people-centered change management practices that foster resilience and adaptability within their organizations. The training emphasizes the importance of clear communication, active listening, and inclusive decision-making to support staff through transitions.

The Management Center

This training equips people managers with the tools to lead with equity, sustainability, and a focus on results. Participants learn to adopt management approaches that drive impact while strengthening organizational culture, delegate effectively, and remain engaged without micromanaging. The program also addresses unconscious bias in management, fosters strong manager-staff relationships, and emphasizes the use of feedback and debriefs to enhance performance and achieve better outcomes.

The Management Center

The Management Center's "Managing Projects" program offers a comprehensive set of modules designed to enhance project management skills for leaders and managers. Key components include effective delegation strategies, tools to define your approach and align teams on priorities, expectations, and resources, and a framework to clarify roles and responsibilities. The program also offers tools to maximize impact and collaboration. These modules equip participants with practical tools to drive project success and strengthen organizational culture.

Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training

This workshop is designed to help participants create the spaces within their institutions to be self-reflective about our cultural shaping as individuals and institutions, understand the power dynamics in society that impact us, develop the skills to interrupt old patterns and inequitable practices that limit access and exclude some people from our institutions, build trust and clear communication and begin to understand how to make decisions based on multiple perspectives where all people can be heard and represented.

NorthPark University’s Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management

Training non-profit leaders an informed and strategic decision-making strategy for scarce resource allocation, as well as advocacy skills to support the funding of indirect program costs in grant and government contract budget proposals. Skills gained include the ability to estimate and express indirect program costs, as well as how to improve non-profit budget to support a ‘financial story-telling' fundraising method.

The Art of Hosting

An approach to facilitation that is meant to scale up from the person to the systemic merging personal practice, dialogue and the co-creation of discussion models, especially toward racial healing.

Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training

Intensive training which builds a common definition of racism, explores the historic development of institutional racism in the US and examines the ongoing realities of racism. This includes identity-shaping, exploring individual , institutional and cultural manifestations of racism, and the link between racism and other forms of oppression.