Learn more about my work
As a professor, my research explores how mindfulness, trauma, and systems of oppression shape individual and collective wellbeing—especially among youth and frontline practitioners. I see research as a space to build collective power through participatory methods. A central thread in my work is supporting collaborative decision-making that attends to power, identity, and belonging—skills I bring to my clients to help deepen presence, clarify values, and navigate their lives with greater integrity and care.
Read and listen to my work
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“Being Someone Who Can Buffer the Pains of Life”: Street Outreach Worker Perspectives on Supporting Youths’ Healing from Community Violence (article)
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“My resistance melts away”: The role of mindfulness in supporting participatory researchers' efforts to share power with youth co-researchers (article)
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“We can honor more authentic expression in ourselves and others”: A collaborative autoethnography exploring vulnerability in youth participatory action research (article)
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Action Research Podcast: Skillful vulnerablity and sharing power with young people (podcast)
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Co-Designing a Socially Engaged Mindfulness Intervention for Social Work Students: A Participatory Research Note (article)
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Mindfulness in Social Work Education (Mindfulness Voyages podcast)
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