About Me

The path I have walked to be equipped to support others in this life has been filled with joy, grief, loneliness and curiosity. I am a child of Mexican Immigrants who set their roots in Loveland, Colorado. My initial religious life was informed by conservative Pentecostalism. Although it is not a faith tradition that I continued in, I value the time in church singing and learning how to petition God. It is in weaving song and longing that I came to recognize that my relationship with The Divine is just like any other relationship: we hone our communication so there are times when I ask for affirmation and other times when we can mourn together. Sometimes I am quiet and simply sit still and listen for the Mystery and other times I sing and give thanks for the beauty in my life.

In my academic life, I have studied Photography at the University of Colorado-Boulder (BFA Fine Arts) and continued onto an academic journey in Bilingual Special Education at the University of Colorado-Denver (MA Special Education). I discovered creative writing and studied for two years at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. While living in Arkansas I also completed a year course in Master Gardening and then brought that love with me to Colorado where I studied and was certified as a Community Herbalist.

Herbalism was where Spirit awakened me. I went from looking for The Divine in old fusty buildings to engaging the Mystery in the Land. Herbal training brought me to an ancient wisdom that served and supported people in acute crisis or end of life by offering plant medicine, ceremony, ritual and sacred listening.  I have since studied and practiced as a Reiki Master, Spiritual Director and Advanced Care Directive Planner.  In 2021 I was ordained as an Interfaith Minister through the Interfaith Chaplaincy Institute of Berkeley and have been serving people as an Interfaith Spiritual Director and guide.

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I currently live and play in Denver, Colorado along with an assortment of children, pets and plants.  

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