I am here today because of my people before that come from the lines of Ashkenazi Jews (Ukraine and Austria) and Scottish and Welsch descendants. I live on a land with multiple generations of my blood and married family, on land that belonged to the Ute Nuuchiu people that were forcibly moved out of this area and all of what is currently called Colorado. I am in deepening relationship with this land, listening and tending as best I can to what is wanted for healing while navigating current “farm life” with raising animals, plants for food and medicine in a modern western culture.

I am white cis-gendered abled body woman that has benefited extensively from my immense privileges in a system built on colonization and white body supremacy. I am a mother, a wife to my partner of 12 years, a single child myself, and a caretaker in a family with deep lines of dementia. My life has been deeply blessed and I know this is a combination of the workings of the Universe and designed social advantadges. I have the ability to support those who are healing or wanting to heal the ravages of eating disorders and body/self hate. I can hold space as a peer for white bodied folks sifting through the residues of being raised in a society that is devoid of healing and meaningful culture as a result of the systematic crumbling of healthy cultures for people who look like me.