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Women’s rights, parental leave, sharing ideas, the power of family and self narrative to shape a life, tattoos, words, the mountains

Education, connections between the world's cultures, health care for everyone, sustainability with a meaning, the language of music, world languages

Helping others know, in their BONES, not just THAT they matter—but HOW they matter. And using my platforms to show how ALL the words we say and write to others and to ourselves--at work, at home, in cafes, in schools, with children, with our wise elders--matter too. Since 2016, I’ve also been passionately committed to serving as a hospice volunteer in Seattle. And for 8 years, I was on the core organizing team at TEDxSeattle.

Lifelong learning, helping others communicate their ideas more clearly, the positive death movement, reading, presenting, world travel, Chinese dumplings, classic cocktails, working and adventuring.