Strategy · Facilitation · Transformational Consulting

Turning complex ideas into coordinated action.

I support people and organizations to build systems that make work more democratic, sustainable, joyful, and rooted in our shared humanity.

Let's work togetherBased in MA · Working everywhere

The Work

I partner with mission-driven organizations, public agencies, and collaboratives to navigate complexity and build foundations that grow their impact.

Over the past 15+ years, I've worked across youth development, organizational leadership, and climate and community planning. I began my career as a youth worker and facilitator, where I developed a deep understanding of how transformation happens — through relationships grounded in trust, accountability, and shared purpose. I later earned a Master's in Public Policy and Environmental Planning, and have spent the past 5+ years leading cross-sector climate and community initiatives.

The most persistent challenges organizations face are rarely technical — they are strategic and relational. I bring a relational, systems-level, outcomes-oriented approach that helps teams not only develop plans, but build the internal clarity, infrastructure, and relationships needed to carry those plans forward.

What I do.

Four interlocking practices — most engagements weave several together.

01Practice

Facilitation

I design and facilitate engaging, inclusive processes that help groups build shared understanding, navigate complex conversations, and move from ideas to action. My facilitation is grounded in popular education and emphasizes inclusion, shared power, and meaningful participation.

Strategic planning retreats and team alignment sessions
Staff and board retreats
Community engagement workshops and public meetings
Trainings and learning sessions
Conflict mediation and facilitated dialogue

02Practice

Project Design + Implementation

I bring extensive experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from inception through completion. I balance big-picture strategy with strong operational execution, ensuring projects move forward smoothly and in alignment with organizational values.

Project scoping, work planning, and timeline development
Coordination of staff, partners, and stakeholders
Development of project management systems and tools
Meeting design and facilitation
Implementation and accountability support

03Practice

Strategic Planning + Program Evaluation

I support organizations in developing clear, actionable strategies rooted in their values, goals, and community context. I specialize in synthesizing complex information — including community input, research, and organizational priorities — into practical strategies that support effective decision-making and long-term sustainability.

Strategic planning design and facilitation
Program design and evaluation
Operations and governance structures

04Practice

Content Expertise

Deep subject-matter knowledge applied across the strategy and facilitation work — informed by 15+ years of practice and a Master's in Public Policy and Environmental Planning.

Climate resilience and adaptation planning
Sustainability, decarbonization, and nature-based solutions
Youth development and leadership
Workforce development
Community engagement and participatory planning
Organizational capacity building
Fundraising strategy and grant development

Selected projects.

A few collaborations that show how the work travels — from climate planning to neighborhood gardens to civic learning.

Penobscot Climate Action Executive Summary project timeline showing Phase 1 and Phase 2 activities from May 2022 through Implementation Workshops in early 2024.

Slide titled Climate Action Strategies listing Buildings and Energy, Transportation Systems, Environment/Water/Waste Systems, Local Economies and Livelihoods, and Health, overlaid on an aerial photo of a Maine town.

Featured · Climate Resilience

Penobscot Climate Action

Multi-year community-led climate planning across the greater Bangor region — designing bilingual workshops, listening sessions, and participatory research that surface what residents actually need to feel safe, cared for, and ready for what's coming.

The work produced a growing library of publicly accessible reports, toolkits, and resources — co-developed with community members and designed to keep traveling long after the meetings end.

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Featured · Community Storytelling

Gardens of Egleston

A community storytelling project about gardening, food, culture, and resilience in Boston's Egleston neighborhood — mapping the gardening commons to remember the wisdom of Egleston's gardeners as the neighborhood navigates social, environmental, and economic challenges.

Made possible alongside the Egleston community, Friends of the Egleston Square Branch Library, the Citywide Friends of the Boston Public Library, the Leventhal Map Center and Community History Department of the Boston Public Library, and MassHumanities.

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A smiling person in a yellow cap and olive shirt crouched beside a hand-painted Gardens of Egleston / Jardines de Egleston signboard at the Egleston Community Orchard, surrounded by leafy vines and bilingual painted fence boards.

Illustrated Gardens of Egleston neighborhood map with hand-drawn streets, sunflowers, and a legend listing community gardens, food forests, and educational gardens across the Egleston area.

A graphic recording on butcher paper titled Imagining Collective Futures with hand-lettered phrases about sustainable organizing, liberation, food forests, and imagining as realizing praxis.

A workshop chart titled What is PopEd? with quadrants labeled AHAs, I LIKED, QUESTIONS, and HOW ABOUT, covered in handwritten reflections from popular education session participants.

Featured · Civic Education

Teaching Democracy

An ongoing writing, curriculum, and facilitation project rooted in popular education — exploring how educators and organizers bring listening, deliberation, and shared power into classrooms, meetings, and movement spaces.

From "What is PopEd?" sessions to graphic-recorded conversations on collective futures, the work treats imagination as praxis — a discipline communities practice together.

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Featured · Civic Engagement

Resilient Together: El Punto

Participatory civic engagement designed to help people make meaning together in real time — not just answer questions in isolation. The process brought residents around the same map, the same table, and the same decisions.

The work translated community knowledge into clear, actionable themes for decision-makers while keeping the engagement itself grounded inshared interpretation, conversation, and collective sense-making.

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