I’m an uninvited guest living on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anisininew, Ininiwak/Nehethowuk, Oceti Sakowin/Dakota Oyate peoples and the homelands of the Metis nation. One of the commitments I take on as a settler of white anglo saxon and Swedish lineages particularly active in the non profit sector is challenging the storying of ‘helper-helped’, ‘expert-recipient’, and ‘donor- receiver’ that propels the sector and is rooted in colonial imperatives. I design my work to bring us into better relationship with ourselves and one another.

I’ve led, advised, and participated on boards of non profit organisations working on gender equality, poverty, active transportation, environment, community economic development, incarceration and recidivism, and housing and homelessness. I’ve designed and led media strategies, led political campaigns, worked in government, and taught at the University of Winnipeg. I’m also 10 year community based meditation teacher, and have been offering free programs to build settler accountability for over five years. My pronouns are she/her.