As a spiritual care provider, my work weaves together theology, oral history, and social work to explore the art and ethics of care. I seek to illuminate the sacred that is always present, especially in thresholds of suffering and in institutional spaces.

I am pursuing a Master of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work at Hunter College, with special attention to liberation theologies and healthcare chaplaincy. Currently a chaplain intern at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, I have received training in Spiritual Direction from Still Harbor, an organization that centers spiritual direction in the pursuit of collective liberation. I hold a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Lewis & Clark College, where I focused on anthropology of medicine, suffering, and healing; and collaborative ethnographic methods.

Having worked in the field of oral history for several years before graduate school, my work is deeply informed by oral history values and ethics. With training from Suzanne Snider and Oral History Summer School, I coordinated oral history intensives, facilitated workshops in New York State prisons with Arts in Corrections New York State, conducted interviews for the Hudson Area Library and Community Library of Voice and Sound, and transcribed interviews for a Johns Hopkins University project about the field of bioethics.

Grief and contemplative practice are my greatest teachers.