I see clearly, feel deeply, am a student of precision, and believe the most important person in any moment is the one across from me. My goal in life is to unhitch my inner experience from my outer circumstances.

My work is informed by multiple professional incarnations, all centered in the realm of communications, including finance (Smith Barney), food and sustainable farming (Chez Panisse, Marin Organic, All One Farm); retail (Gap Inc., EO Products); hospitality (Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company), and community building (The Presidio Trust).

I hold a degree in Cultural Anthropology from UC Irvine and another in Psychology from Franklin University in Lugano, Switzerland. I share my time between northern California and a farm in Vermont.

My life is shaped by my dharma practice and by the wisdom of my teachers
Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Mingyur Rinpoche.

  • I aspire to use this precious human life to its fullest extent, to fulfill its potential, and to honor it by living my values of compassion and service to others.

  • Recognizing and accepting the fleeting nature of all things has helped free me to be present.

  • Knowing this life will not last long helps me to live into my purpose and my motivation. There is no time to waste!

  • I cultivate the awareness that each thought, word or action can express our keenest longings to be and do good. 

  • How can I make my light shine as brightly as possible?

  • How can I work to cultivate loving kindness and compassion, and to recognize the goodness in the eyes of each person I am with?

  • Pain, loss, and suffering are inseparable from joy, beauty and connection.

  • I am committed to awaken and to be of service to the world around me.