lineage, trainings, and qualifications

i am deeply shaped by my trans, queer, neurodivergent, and BIPOC friends and partners—thank you for the resonance your lives provided.

thank you to the Vanderbilt Divinity School's 19' cohort and professors, and the Divinity Friendship House for laying the foundation of socio-political understanding of harm and care. Nashville, thank you for one of the best years of my life.

thank you for inviting me into my body and teaching me to do the same for others: Erin C. Law and Dr. Roberto Che Espinoza, Staci K. Haines, Richard Strozzi-Heckler, Stephanie Meux, Anela Barboza, Erika Lyla, and other teachers of the Strozzi Institute for Somatics. to all the students—especially Mike Holton, Silvia Vernaschi, Zeena Ismail, Elizabeth Alexander, and Irene Carretero—it's the honor of my life transforming together. Rancho Strozzi, with its dojo, hills, eucalypti, and cows: you always bring me back to myself.

Beck Beverage, your presence has metamorphosed me. thank you for following my process so closely, and trusting the wisdom of my body when I couldn't. Lennon Molofsky, Hanna-Liis Lao, and Dorothea Magonet, your healing hands have held me when i've needed it the most.

i've been shaped by the work of Hillary L. McBride and Mike McHargue, Prentis Hemphill, adrienne maree brown, Daria Garina, and Kai Cheng Thom, Rebecca Sears and Belinda Hopkins, Dr. Devon Price and Heather Morgan, as well as Abigail Thorne and Natalie Wynn. thank you for your brilliance.

i rest on the Estonian embodied wisdom of saunaing, singing, and dancing—crystallized in the Song Festival tradition and the Singing Revolution.

i am humbled by all the people who have entrusted themselves into my care as clients. 

thank you all for being my teachers. i am who i am because of you.

somatics

75+ 1:1 ongoing sessions received from somatic coaches, bodyworkers, and therapists, and Alexander's Technique teachers

Using Your Voice, Healing Shame, and Apology Essentials, Daria Garina (Accountability Mapping)

Somatics, Trauma, and Resilience, Strozzi Institute for Somatics

Somatic Bodywork (Level 1 and Level 2), somatic bodyworker, Strozzi Institute for Somatics

Somatic Coaching Program, somatic coach, Strozzi Institute for Somatics

Embodied Transformation, Strozzi Institute for Somatics

Centered Accountability, Daria Garina (Accountability Mapping)

Unraveling Our Whiteness, Erin C. Law (The Activist Theology Project)

The Embodiment Basics, Prentis Hemphill (The Embodiment Institute)

autism and ADHD

Unmasking Autism coaching training: Values-Based Integration Process, Powered by Love

Understanding and Supporting Autistic and ADHD Children, Ivica Mägi Autismikool

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults, University of Tartu

restorative justice/practice

Basic Restorative Training Skills, restorative trainer, European Forum for Restorative Justice

Shining the Light on Our Blind Spots, European Forum for Restorative Justice

The Voice of Children in a Restorative Justice Process, European Forum for Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice Basic Training, Belinda Hopkins' 5:5:5 model, Social Insurance Board and Ministry of Justice, Republic of Estonia

relationship and family therapy

Introduction to Systemic Family Psychology and Therapy (Level 1), Kiira Järv's Family Therapy School

Imago Relationship Therapy Clinical Training (Level 1), certified Imago educator, Dr. Rebecca Sears

higher education

MA in Theological Studies with the certificate in Religion in the Arts and Culture, concentration in Spirituality and Social Activism, Vanderbilt University Divinity School

BA in Theology and Religious Studies (cum laude), University of Tartu, Estonia and University of North Carolina, Greensboro