I’m a queer, non-binary, certified life coach, spiritual director, and ordained priest in the Christian Anglican tradition.

After working in Information Technology for over 30 years, The Spirit called and I did a 180. Some of my co-workers thought I was nuts for leaving a high-paying government job with a great pension, but it all worked out. I took a leap of faith, quit my job, sold my house and spent the next 3.5 years in an Episcopal Benedictine monastery. I know! What a left turn from life as an IT Geek!

While I was in discernment at the monastery, I had the amazing experience of being a jail chaplain in the Los Angeles County women’s facility. The women I met with in the jail opened my heart and made me a better, more compassionate person. I went into the jail with a desire to serve others and was equally, if not more, served by them. It was a life-changing experience I will always be grateful for.

As I’ve traveled my own journey of understanding and fully embracing my queer identity, my life has taken many wonderful twists and turns. As part of my training for jail chaplaincy, I took a year of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), I was a lay counselor at my church, I went through a wonderful spiritual direction training program offered by Stillpoint, became a certified facilitator in The Compassion Practice, and had the opportunity to become an Art for Healing facilitator. All of these things, including life coaching, overlap in that they require an ability to listen deeply, hold space for the tender areas of our lives, and notice what might be getting in the way of a life fully lived.

Later in life, I realized that some of my internal discontent was related to my gender identity and when I realized that, it was like scales falling from my eyes and I felt the freedom to embrace all of me. As I live more and learn more, I am enjoying the journey of an ever-deepening spirituality and an ever-increasing love for myself and others. And part of the joy of that journey is helping others do the same.

As an Enneagram One, I’m rational, idealistic and have a very strong sense of right and wrong. I am an advocate for change in our culture, our politics, and our personal lives, with the goal of equality for all humans. And I totally embrace the mystery of God and the cosmos and the connectedness of everything and everyone in it. As a student of The Guides, I wholeheartedly believe all of us are an aspect of The Divine in human form and we should treat each other as such.

It is with deep gratitude that I am able to live my desire to serve The Divinity within the LGBTQIA+ community through compassionate listening and coaching so you can find the joy in YOUR journey and KNOW just how divine you are.