About
I co-create just and healthy futures for people and the planet in collaboration with individuals, teams, organizations, and networks, by growing learning cultures for potent collective action.
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I love working with passionate leaders who are committed to a thriving world for future generations.
For over 10 years I have worked with socio-environmental and educational organizations to foster learning cultures for potent collective action. As a Harvard-educated socio-environmental leader, facilitator and educator, I believe that getting curious together to grapple with complex challenges can generate the mindset shifts we need to take shared action. I have experience partnering with interdisciplinary experts and cross-sector professionals in higher education, government, social sector organizations, and grassroots groups. Our lived experience shapes our values and how we understand the world. By creating the conditions to share that experience, we can expand our understanding of the systems we are working in and make better choices. When we can be compassionate and strategic, challenges are the best teachers for the transformational skills we need to thrive. My work is grounded in human development and complex systems research and influenced by Theory U, Interpersonal and Group Dynamics, Art of Hosting, Center for Leadership and Educational Equity, The Ganz Model of Organizing, and somatic practices among other facilitative traditions.
I currently
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Manage programs and partnerships at the Program for Social Enterprise, Innovation, and Impact and facilitate for the Interpersonal and Group Dynamics Course at the Yale School of Management.
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Conduct research in Co-Creative Leadership with the Partnering Lab at Northeastern University's College of Arts, Media, and Design
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Co-lead the IDG Connecticut Possibilities Network, focused on deepening transformative skills for sustainable action
At the Yale Center for Environmental Justice (YCEJ), I oversaw the advancement and growth of YCEJ’s programs, guided strategic planning, cultivated partnerships with the Yale community and local partners to advance regional EJ initiatives, and promoted engaged research and experiential learning. In this role, I served as Co-Chair of the Equity and Environmental Justice Subcommittee for the Connecticut Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3). Prior to Yale, I partnered with organizations committed to advancing educational equity and social justice in my hometown, Chicago.
A proud first generation college grad, I earned an M. Ed in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University in 2014. I have a background in music composition and continue to enjoy arts collaborations, Currently, my creative practice explores reimagining social environments to learn from one another. You can read my artist statement here. I have collaborated with the Infinity Village Lab and the Reciprocity Collaborative's Project SITE, an interdisciplinary project on Responsive Place-Making with in partnership with the National Parks of the East. I live in New Haven’s Edgewood neighborhood and love exploring green spaces and impromptu dance parties with my spouse and 7-year old.