i currently work as a freelancer in design and illustration and as the program director for movement education outdoors in rhode island. i studied art history for my undergrad, and have since then worked in cultural preservation, teaching art, educational program development, and project management. i continue to nourish and build my practice as a studio artist, performer, herbalist, and farmer. this spring 2023 i will be tending to a farm on wampanoag territory. i currently serve as a board member of taíno woods sanctuary of harris, new york as well as emergent forest of providence, rhode island.
i give thanks to my teachers in this non-exhaustive
list. my daughter inara, chantel rivera+ jesse rivera of taíno woods sanctuary, behike roman perez of hawksnest quest, down to earth energy, amanda david of rootwork herbals, farmacy herbs, tooth & nail farm collective, fang collective, manari ushigua, ben ryterband, persephone’s path, seed to body, pocfungicommunity, new moon mycology summit, angela angel of other ways of seeing, and the more than human world. i give thanks to water, fire, earth, air, and spirit.