In addition to the list above, I’ve taken dozens of courses and countless workshops exploring energy work, somatic healing, nervous system resourcing, feminine energetics, Earth wisdom, self-leadership, ancestral connection and healing, decolonization, conscious relationships, sacred sexuality and intuitive development from a variety of teachers and traditions.

Additionally, I’ve been studying Gene Keys and Human Design since 2020, primarily from original source material and teachers devoted to preserving the integrity of the system (such as Vaness Henry, Breyton Belazo and Sam Zagar) and those focused on approaching it with practicality (such as Erin Claire Jones and Katie Irvine), along with particular in-depth learning through Projector Immersions and living my own experiment.

I’m devoted to walking through life in a good way—with love, integrity, reverence, gratitude, honesty and an eternal student mindset. When sharing teachings with permission, I am intentional about honoring my teachers and naming the source if what I am sharing hasn’t come from my own direct experience—and only sharing what is rightful to.

My ancestral lineages are also an integral part of my tapestry. On my motherline, I carry mixed European roots with an influential thread of Cherokee. My maternal lineage has cultivated immense strength through generations of hardship and heart. There’s a deep perseverance that runs through this side of my family—an ability to make something from nothing, to keep going with grace, to care for others even when life asks so much of you—and to meet what life brings with resilience, resourcefulness and love. The youngest of 11 children, my grandmother tells stories of “the sisters”—women in our family who prayed, sang, and experienced visions—and I have often felt them with me during deeply trying times. Many of them identified as Christian, and while I don’t walk within that faith, I do feel a connection to its mystical undercurrents—the devotion, the reverence, the mythic beauty. These ways of prayer, music, and communion with the unseen live on in me.

On my father’s side, my roots were long cloaked in mystery, though they’ve always run deep. My grandmother—of German and Colombian descent—immigrated to the U.S. while pregnant with my father, making the tender decision to place him for adoption. They reunited a few years before I was born, and I’m grateful for the moments I’ve shared with her as well. My biological grandfather was never part of the picture, and for most of my life, his identity was unknown. In early 2024, I learned that my Indigenous Colombian ancestry is linked to the Caribbean coast, from Medellín to Santa Marta—and spans across South America—illuminating lineages I had long felt resonance with. Long before I knew any of this, something in me was already leaning in. Over time, I’ve intuitively and continuously been drawn toward working with the plants, learning from the ancestors and embracing a rhythm of life that feels more true than taught. In 2025, I had the opportunity to spend six months in Central + South America—a trip my husband and I called our Spirit Sabbatical—which allowed me to connect firsthand on these native lands, which only furthered my knowing that Earth-based ways have always been my true north.

My relationship with lineage is ever-unfolding—alive, evolving, and approached with care and humility.

I choose to honor the people and stories that came before me, while releasing the weight of struggle they carried. I recognize that one of the deepest ways I can honor their sacrifices is by living with consciousness, gratitude, and joy—by allowing myself to celebrate life fully, as a prayer they long prayed for.

Remembering their wisdom, I know in my bones it is in the wild places, the living world, and the embrace of both Spirit and Nature that I most fully embody who I am.