In all my life and work, I have always been a “process-person.” While conflict arrives as a challenge, it also presents an opportunity to pause and patch up a process that didn’t go as planned. As a conflict resolution practitioner, I use mediation, coaching, and facilitation as powerful tools to help people and teams reroute their processes towards the most impactful of all outcomes — healthier, mutual relationships that work.

With fifteen years of experience within a number of social service areas, I have worked to address barriers to access for youth, women, 2SLGBTQQIA+ folks, and Indigenous communities, as well as to advance progressive workplace cultures in and for organizations who specialize in these areas. My conflict resolution practice includes both professional (workplace) and individual (civil and inter-personal) clients. My approach to mediation is always client-centered, trauma-informed, and equity-based.

I sit on the Board of Directors of Mediate BC, where I am Chair of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, and am also an Associate Member of the Mediate BC Roster. I hold a Certificate in Conflict Resolution from the Justice Institute of BC (JIBC) and have also completed their Level 1 and 2 courses in Conflict Coaching. Previous to that, I completed a BA in International Relations at Simon Fraser University. Alongside my private practice, I hold the role of Provincial Manager of CRCL (Crisis Response, Community-Led) at CMHA BC, overseeing safety standards, training, and quality assurance for seven mobile mental health crisis teams across BC.

As well, I hold certificates in:

• Psychological First Aid (Canadian Red Cross)

• Workplace Psychological Safety (Guarding Minds)

• Anti-Racist Praxis (Inner Activist)

• Motivational Interviewing (CCMI)

and have completed training in restorative justice and Lewis Deep Democracy.

My lived and living experience as a queer person and Eastern European immigrant informs all of my work. Rooting into my own self-advocacy journeys intimately affirms my professional and personal drive to champion my clients’ potential to move through life’s tough challenges. I’m humbled to be trusted to join your courageous steps forward in search of understanding and connection.