I was born in Japan: to an ethnically mixed father, born into the United States' racial warfare in the 1960s, and a rural Filipina mother who was raised amongst the rice fields growing food with her family. 

My father served in the U.S. Navy. I moved to the U.S. when I was five in various places around the the States. Eventually, we were rooted in the suburbs of Tampa, Florida. My mom kept her Filipina culture intact everywhere we lived. We sang karaoke at every large family barbecue; there was one or two every weekend!

I grew up as a competitive cheerleader—staccato movements, twisty backflips, flying through the air. It all matched my exuberant nature. I came alive playing comedic characters in school musicals and moving lyrically through dance recitals. I won critics’ choice awards and gold medals for my talents, yet inside I was carrying a lot of anxiety while contending with severe eczema.

In my early twenties, everything shifted. I stepped out of the mainstream world I knew and started expressing my feelings through free-form dance and ritual drumming. That’s when I met my Soul for the first time and began this lifelong journey of inner transformation. I dove into Bhakti Yoga, Apache sweat lodge ceremonies, and Ecopsychology. And when I graduated from college, I went straight to the Florida School of Massage to go deeper into self-inquiry and embodiment.

It was during this time that my healing path emerged. It lay in the reconciliation of all that I kept hidden in my private world. How to integrate these fragments with self-compassion and meaning became my healing intention. 

The insights I gained on this journey not only allowed me to feel deeply anchored and at home in my own skin but also gave me the tools to guide others in integrating the precious fragments of self into a beautiful whole—a whole where an empowered and vital sense of self is restored.

To support me in this mission, I have explored and trained in a range of modalities all over the world, including clinical trauma healing, therapeutic bodywork, the expressive arts, world music, and Eastern embodiment practices (Yoga and Qigong).

Professional Highlights:

• 15+ years of professional experience in the Healing Arts.

• 25 countries traveled (since 2017) in the healing arts profession.

• Licensed massage therapist (NC 14646), NCBTMB CEU massage therapy provider, and certified Yoga teacher.

• International facilitator of Thai Yoga massage trainings and Embodied Trauma Healing seminars and retreats with Ralf Marzen.

• Trained as a NARM (developmental trauma healing) therapist in the Netherlands.

• Hold a BA in Expressive Healing Arts: intersecting Eastern and Native American philosophy/spirituality

• A guide to sacred feminine rituals worldwide, inspiring movement through drumming, dancing, and singing.