Education & Study

My path has never been straight...it's been a winding trail through wild meadows, shadowed groves, and unexpected crossroads. Curiosity has been my compass, wonder my traveling companion. I have wandered through the gardens of formal study and the untamed fields of self-guided discovery, gathering seeds of knowing from every place my feet have touched.

I am a lifelong apprentice to the seen and unseen, drawn to the spaces where wisdom hums just beneath the surface. Across formal coursework and self-directed study, this has amounted to thousands of hours ... and counting ... because the work of holding space for grief, transformation, and the sacred unknown is never finished learning.

What follows is a living, breathing list...ever-growing, never complete. It is a testament to my devotion to growth, not for its own sake, but as a way to deepen my tending: to my own spirit, to the Threshold Keepers I serve, and to the greater weave of this society. Each learning, each skill, is another root and branch in the great tree of my own becoming.

Herbalism & Plant Kinship

Family, Community, & Grief Herbalism (2021-2025)— Commonwealth Center for Holistic Herbalism 

Grounds my plant work in community care, not just individual remedy.

Herbalism, PTSD & Traumatic Stress (2024)— Solidarity Apothecary 

Shapes how I hold plant medicine work for nervous systems shaped by trauma.

Lunar Apothecary, Tarot Apothecary, Solace, Begin with Breath (2023-2026)— Worts & Cunning Apothecary 

Weaves ritual and seasonal rhythm into everyday plant relationship.

Somatic & Nervous System Work

Grief Coaching, Polyvagal Therapy, Somatic Coaching (2025-2026) — Naturalistico 

Informs how I read and support a nervous system moving through grief.

Deathwork & Spiritwork

Death Doula (2021) — International Association of Professions Career College 

The foundation of my end-of-life companioning practice.

Shamanic Practitioner, (2022-2025) — Harmony Way 

Deepens my capacity to hold spiritwork and communion across seen and unseen realms.

Sound Healing & Sacred Ceremony (2022-2025) — Life Changing Energy 

Brings sound and ceremony into ritual and grief-tending spaces.

Traditional & Ancestral Healing

Curanderismo: Traditional Healing of the Body (2022) — University of New Mexico 

Grounds me in body-centered ancestal healing practices passed through generations.

Curanderismo: Traditional Healing of the Mind, Energy & Spirit (2022) — University of New Mexico 

Expands my understanding of energetic and spiritual healing beyond a single tradition.

Curanderismo: Traditional Healing Using Plants (2022) — University of New Mexico 

Deepens my plant kinship practice with traditional Latinx herbal wisdom.

Ritual, Energy & Facilitation

Reiki Practitioner, Level 3 (2022) — Place of Bliss 

An energetic practice woven quietly through hands-on sessions and circles alike.

Meditation Teacher (2021) — Yogamu Institute 

Grounds every gathering in breath and presence before anything else.

Ordained Interfaith Minister (2022)

Allows me to hold sacred rite-of-passage ceremonies across traditions and beliefs.