I fell in love with the magic of storytelling in second grade when I got to be one of Peter Rabbit’s three sisters in a school play. After getting my BA in Theatre Arts from Macalester College, I earned a Certificate in Storytelling from Dominican University and a Doctor of Ministry in Wisdom Studies from Wisdom (now Ubiquity) University.

In between I married, raised a daughter, and managed my own marketing communications business for 25 years, producing numerous award-winning videos, magazines, annual reports, and other written materials for both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

I have a deep interest in Indigenous wisdom teachings and practices, as well, and have spent several decades studying and traveling with traditional teachers, including Huichol, Peruvian, Mazatec, Native American, Irish Druid, Dagara, and Aboriginal Australian elders. I also completed the Foundation for Shamanic Studies' Three-Year Program in Advanced Initiations in Shamanism and Shamanic Healing, and have studied with Celtic shamanic practitioner Tom Cowan, and mythologist Martin Shaw.

Today, I host (and tell) traditional storytelling for adults featuring professional tellers on a quarterly basis at a local teahouse. I also work with non-profit community groups and individuals to craft the right words to tell the right story to the right audience at the right time.