Good to meet you! Educator, advocate, facilitator giving voice to what is unseen, unspoken, and longing to be included.

The maxim “we belong to each other” has been the compass of my life’s journey. From the earliest days, I felt drawn to the mystery that pulses through all beings, a devotion that eventually led me to religious life as a Catholic nun. Those years were spent living in community and radical service with dozens of women from all over the world, where I learned Spanish and Italian, and came to know what it meant to breathe service into every moment. Mysticism, prayer, and solidarity shaped me in those years and continue to ground my daily rhythm.

When I left religious life, I carried with me both the depth of Catholic mysticism and a longing to bridge spirituality with justice. I pursued a Master’s in Liberal Studies, writing my thesis on Education as a Site for Ethical Transformation and Activism. That work became a doorway into a decade of teaching and community organizing in K–12 schools, where I created programs rooted in kinship, democracy, and culturally relevant inquiry. Teaching, for me, was always more than a profession—it was an act of accompaniment, a way of reminding students (and myself) that education can be a sacred space for ethical growth and collective healing.

Over time, my work expanded outward, weaving together mysticism, advocacy, and ancestral connection. Since 1999, I have sojourned with thousands of people—in circle discussions, retreats, service experiences, and personal sessions—across North America and Europe. Again and again, I witnessed what I have come to know as truth: personal healing and cultural healing are inseparable. To sit with one’s ancestors, to kindle a sense of wonder, to practice a spirituality that honors the entire web of life—these have become anchors not only in my own life, but in the lives of those I accompany.

I walk a path shaped by Catholic mysticism, Sufism, elemental Dagara wisdom, and scholar-activism. Each has revealed new ways to listen, pray, and act for justice. My own ancestors—Lithuanian, Irish, and Slavic—once journeyed to the nourishing lands of Chicago and Kansas, where I spent my childhood. Today, I live between Brooklyn, on Lenape land, San Francisco Bay Area, Ohlone land, and the west coast of Ireland, carrying their memory and blessings into my work.

Along the way, I have been mentored and guided by luminous companions: Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Padre Pio, Thomas Aquinas; Shaykha Fariha, whose Sufism deepened my understanding of love; Mother Pacis, my Mother Superior, whose fidelity has forever marked my heart; and Mark Bockley, who roots me in Dagara wisdom. My own family’s beloved dead—Mary Anne Buckley, Emma Bielski, Stanley Sudeikis, Sr.—walk beside me still. I live my days in conversation with this cloud of witnesses, giving thanks for the mercy, fidelity, and wisdom they embody.

At the heart of my calling is a longing to heal and reconcile: to give voice to what is unseen, unspoken, and longing to be included. In all things, I return to belonging—to each other, to our ancestors, to the great web of life. Behold.