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Greater Seattle Area, Washington United States

I help engage people through purpose, passion and power!

Education

I am a speaker and consultant focused on engaging disengaged people, including children, youth and communities. Growing up in adversity, I spent a decade doing line-level youth work in disconnected communities across the US. After serving two terms of AmeriCorps, I worked for a federal agency and a national nonprofit in Washington, DC, both focused on youth. After that I worked in Washington's state education agency as their first-ever student engagement specialist. Along the way, I became the first in my family to graduate from college. I earned a degree at at a highly innovative university called The Evergreen State College. My graduate studies were in educational leadership and polic...