As part of the new ARIZONA field office for the Center for Digital Storytelling, I teach custom workshops for a variety of non-profit and educational organizations working in health and human services, community development, arts, environment, youth, immigration, international/intercultural education, etc. I've been teaching with CDS for almost 3 years now, and love the work that I do and the people who invite me into their stories through this process.
My undergraduate degrees from Vanderbilt University in Literature and in Communication, my MA in Humanities/Intercultural Communication, and my background as an artist, an educator, a community builder and a life-long appreciator of story have all served me in this work.
I'm passionate about people and their stories, building community, education, strengthening intercultural communication, food and culture, the arts, history, international experiential learning, service that heals, hospitality to the stranger, improving my Spanish, helping people use their gifts and strengths to contribute to their communities and the world, listening, creating, bridging, encouraging and participatory communication for change!
