A luminary is a guiding light, traditionally believed to help people find their way home.

At Luminary Recovery & Counseling Services, I believe in people’s innate ability to heal themselves. We are all born with innate intuition, however, sometimes life veers us off course, we get lost along the way, and we need someone to help guide us back home. I would be honored to be your guide and companion on your journey - as the (incredible, queer) artist Britchida says, it’s never too late to come home to yourself.

I am a white, chronically-ill/disabled, neurodivergent (AuDHD), agender, queer, (small) fat femme with a moderately privileged socioeconomic standing. I was born and reside in Washington. I bring the intersection of my privileged and marginalized identities into my work, cultivating humility and openness as I continue to seek out education and action in anti-racist and social justice spaces from those more systemically impacted than myself.

My work is also significantly informed by my experiences with addiction and eating disorders, and my own healing journey. I am a body liberation, anti-racist, immigration, and LGBTGEQIAP+ activist.

I have been a substance use disorder professional (SUDP) since 2014, and a licensed mental health counselor associate (LMHCA) since 2022 in the state of Washington.

I earned my BA in social sciences with a primary emphasis on psychology from Washington State University, a certificate in drug and alcohol counseling from Bellevue College and a master’s degree in addiction counseling: integrated recovery for co-occurring disorders from the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies.

I have training in trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness based relapse prevention, Health at Every Size, body liberation, ADHD/autistic affirming care, and working with the LGBTGEQIAP+ population. I believe in expertise from lived experience, which I bring into my work through being an AuDHDer, in addiction and eating disorder recovery, disabled/chronically ill, agender, queer person.

I continue to seek out learning through traditional channels of continuing education as required for my licensure and informally through my involvement in activist spaces, being in diverse community and interpersonal relationships, community-based mutual aid, as well as informal education through reading and connection to others with different identities and experiences than my own.

I am committed to the continued and ongoing unlearning of white supremacy culture. I am committed to recognizing when I misstep, and am open to repair and accountability conversations and actions.