Meet the Founder

I am a creator, maker, coach, workshop leader, spiritual guide, yoga teacher, artist, grandmother and more.

My guiding vision, and that of CREATE! Institute, is to create a world of peaceful abundance for all beings through service to spirit in the evolution of our mutual creativity, joy and consciousness.

My current passions include:

• Trillium Awakening teaching and organizational development
• Van travel
• Kayaking, paddle boarding
• Art: acrylic, encaustic
• Gardening with a permaculture ethic
• Dancing - 5Rhythms, contra, couples
• Helping my community lean into a sustainable, just, vibrant economy and culture

My Degrees and Certifications:

UC Irvine — Bachelors in Social Ecology

Flaming Rainbow University — Bachelors in Fine Art

U of OK — Masters in Liberal Studies: Creativity, Education and Microcomputers

Coach U — graduate and faculty (2 yrs)

Coaching from Spirit — graduate

Transformative Coaching — graduate

Trillium Awakening Teacher

Certified Yoga Instructor

ASTD — certification

Personal growth workshops, tools, studies:

Byron Katie’s The Work

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

Existential Kink

Shamanic Training: Q’ero and Celtic

Option Process

Sedona Method

Presence Process