Life Experience

Education & Training

Work Experience

Certified Behavior Adjustment Trainer (CBATI), Currently Completing 2026
Dog Training, but applicable to other animals

Permaculture Institute of North America Design Contest 2025 Winner (Beginner Track)

Advanced Permaculture & Regenerative Land Stewardship Training April 2025-26
Courses completed: Water Management, Site Planning & Design, Soil & Animals, Food Forests & Forest Ecology, Emergency & Disaster Planning, Regenerative Business Design, Empowering Collaborative Groups

Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture Training, Completed September 2024
Holistically studied steps to becoming a sustainable farmer, including growing crops from seed and transplants, health and safety, standard operating procedures, best harvest practices, how to market produce, how to create a farming business, land and water rights, and best financial and tax practices.

Edmonds College Horticulture Department's Sustainable Landscape Management (4.0 GPA) April 2023-24
Courses completed: Plant Identification; Soil Sciences; Restoration Ecology; Hardscapes in the Landscape; Integrated Pest Management; Irrigation Installation and Management; Introduction to Greenhouse Management; Plant Biology; Pruning.

Permaculture Design Certificate, Completed September 2021
Studied permaculture principles, ethics, and practices. Gained understanding of practices such as soil regeneration, ecological gardening, earthworks, water collecting, harvest preservation, and natural building. Completed a permaculture design project by conducting a site analysis, identifying key energies, surveying characteristics of the land, creating multilayered map plans resulting in a visual site design blueprint and land management plan.

Quantum Breathwork Facilitator Certification, Completed October 2020

Brown University, Graduated May 2016
B.A. Africana Studies (Honors), Ethnic Studies, Political Science: International & Comparative Politics
Thesis (in the form of a Comic Book): The Foster Care to Prison Pipeline and the Impacts of White Supremacy on the Growth and Development of Black Communities (a facetiously long academic sounding title)
Courses completed include: Race, Sex, and Biology; Spanish; Italian; Greek; Swahili; City Politics; Politics of the Illicit Global Economy; Decolonizing Minds; Juvenile Justice Institutions & Policy; Race, Class, Ethnicity in the Modern World; International Law, Human Rights, & Politics; Treaty Rights & Food Fights

Recent work experience include:
Elderly Horse Care and Horse Grooming Helper
Estate Landscaper & Regenerative Landscaper for Home Gardens
Permaculture Designer
WWOOFer on an Organic Homestead Farm (Work Trade)
Parks and Recreation Department Sustainability Specialist
Associate at a dog day camp and pet hotel
Care Attendant at a rabbit shelter

Across my career, my experience includes:
Managing a rock band, starting my own comic publishing and artist consulting company, working in nonprofits, customer service work (aka society's emotional punching bag industry because folks don't wanna heal), prisoner advocacy, homeless advocacy, anti-human trafficking work, public service, college dorm counselor, educational social justice workshop facilitator, art substitute teacher, prison art workshop facilitator, community archivist, illustrator, community prison abolition work, & educational community cartoonist.