My healing journey has centered around exploring who I am, what I deserve, and how to create a life where I feel loved and free. I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Latino father and White mother. Navigating a multiethnic family I experienced grief, confusion, and joy in fumbling through language, tradition, and identity. Coming into my queer identity through a harmful relationship I lost trust in myself and struggled with feeling worthy of healthy love and relationships. I got too comfortable in a pattern of taking care of others at the expense of myself.

While completing an undergraduate degree at Pacific Lutheran University in Sociology and Gender Studies, I began studying all the intricate connections between systemic oppression and mental health. I became deeply grounded in the belief that healing both individually and collectively is an act of joyful resistance.

My passion for working with individuals and couples comes out of how transformative relationships of all kinds have been in my life. While not always easy or comfortable, they have pushed me towards healing in order to live a more authentic, loving, and gentle life. And you are so deserving of that too.