We have envisioned a threefold approach:

– Uncovering our communities’ stories by connecting on universal topics like mental and emotional health, current and lifelong stressors, along with many other social issues we are facing.

– Creating pathways for healing and positive life changes by promoting and offering an eclectic range of recurring wellness-related events, along with information sessions, at low to no cost to attendants.

– Utilizing the information discovered through these connections, along with further in-depth research and data, in composing advocacy briefs for submission to our social decision makers.

My background includes academic research on rehabilitation, mental health, and criminal justice reform, which I am eager to expand upon with this platform.

My story also includes experiences with mental and emotional health struggles, various traumas, and a host of other beautiful lessons disguised as misfortunes.

I will wax poetic in future spaces; for now I’ll say, our lives are uniquely individual and yet so many of us can relate to one another in often unexpected ways. Creating a space that can help facilitate these connections, and where all feel welcome, is an honor and a privilege – even from the start line.