"you and i will likely disagree on something, conflict is inevitable.

what matters is how we attain
unity and harmony
within the conflict."

born: June 6, 1973 in Shreveport, LA

Have lived in: Bosier City, LA; Rochester, NY; Houma, LA; Phoenix, AZ; North Shore, CA; San Antonio, TX; South Hadley, MA; Seattle, WA and have taken long sabbaticals in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between 1994-1999

Currently in a committed partnership of seven years

Parents: two biological, many adopted ones
parents both public school teachers - mother teaches computer and business skills, father taught shop, woodworking, electrician, plumbing, etc. and works with special education populations

Siblings: two brothers and a sister, all younger
Oldest brother in his late 20s is a fire spinner and self taught network geek - bluEmber.net
Sister is 10 years younger: she's a security system monitor working on her Funeral Directors license
Youngest brother is 14yrs younger, works in landscaping, is an apprentice electrician and plans on going to college.

Education Background:  Public education k-12 in LA, AZ, CA, TX, private women's college - Mount Holyoke College; Studies in: anatomy, biology, computer science, aromatherapy, herbalism, spirituality, comparative religion, nonviolent communication, peer counseling, energy & body therapy techniques

Paying Jobs held: Food Service from dishwasher to waiter; business administration from receptionist to bookkeeper with some human resources, substitute teacher, security dispatcher & guard, tech support

Unpaid jobs: organizing, graphic design, web development, healer, specialty chef, caretaker, meeting facilitation, dispute resolution

Hobbies: dancing - all forms, climbing trees, costume creation, creating concoctions, healing people, communicating, watching human interaction, wilderness camping; photography, roller skating

Experience:
Facilitator for consensus based meetings of various Green Parties(GP) - state of Texas(TX) Conventions 2002-2007, National Campus Greens Convention in Austin, local Bexar County Green Party(BCGP) meetings and precinct & county conventions 2000-2007, co-designed and -facilitated GPTX Statewide Green Leadership Retreat in 2005. I have also facilitated for several other organizations, groups, and coalitions, including Clean Money San Antonio and SA Democracy Now.

Party related: 'active green' since late 1999 (birth year of GPTX), top petition gatherer in Bexar County, Texas 2000 & 2006, 'den mother' for TX Campus Greens in Chicago

Elected positions: Communications Chair and Media Liaison for BCGP 2000-2007, GPTX State Executive committee(SEC) at-large member 2004-5, GPTX SEC Co-Chair 2005-7, Co-Spokesperson for National GP Women's Caucus - 2005-7, Alternate Delgate to the NC for GPTX 2006-7 & for NWC at ANM 2006, Presidential Elector for GPTX in 2000 & 2004

Political successes:  Co-coordinated campaign to help elect five of seven candidates to city council who were willing to change campaign finance codes in SA.  Tied for top petition gatherer in my county in 2000 for Green party ballot access in Texas; first green party member to run for city council in San Antonio 2007 and received 30% of the vote against a well-known, well-connected and well-funded wife of an ex-city mayor & ex-HUD director under President Clinton.

best animal noise: Monkey
favorite colors: Green and Black