I founded two creative brands that I run simultaneously, I carry a diverse education, and I have a deep desire to do good in this world: through my art, my career, my volunteer work, and the way I move through it all. My love of nature and respect for the living world weaves through everything from my art to my parenting, and every professional opportunity I pursue.

I was born on Vancouver Island, raised between the ocean and the coastal mountain forests. Those landscapes are bone-deep, and they show up in everything I make. I am a multidisciplinary artist: a sculptor who works in textiles and leather, a film photographer, an illustrator. Precision and craft are not just aesthetics for me, they are values.

For over twenty years I have run Ora Leather Goods and Aro Upholstery, both built on referral, trust, and quality. That foundation is what I bring to both fund development and project management: long-term stewardship, accountability to outcomes, and a genuine commitment to the communities I serve.

I have done frontline community work in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. I hold formal fundraising training through AFP, UC Davis, and Blackbaud University, and I am actively working toward my CFRE designation. I pursued BCIT's Project Management Associate Certificate to formalize the complexity I had been managing for two decades, and have since focused that expertise on the philanthropic sector, where I believe it matters most.

I serve on the AFP Greater Vancouver Professional Development Committee. In 2026 I will be leading fundraising and stewardship for the Nanaimo CIBC Run for the Cure, the Canadian Cancer Society's largest national breast cancer fundraiser.

If you found yourself here via Ora, know that it has always been an expression of craft, intention, and care. And it always will be.

I live as a guest on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Tla'amin Nation (qathet) and the traditional territories of the Quw'utsun Peoples (Cowichan Valley). I am committed to honouring these lands and waters through my actions, and to teaching the next generation to respect the enduring stewardship of the First Nations who have cared for these places since time immemorial