i’ve been in a dance practice since i was two years old, first for pleasure, then professionally. alongside a freelance dance career in nyc, i worked as a physical therapy aid for 5 years. although a rich entry into movement from a therapeutic lens, i continuously felt at friction with the mechanical way of treating the patients, often involving a hard separation between the emotional and physical bodies, not having the patient in a place of bodily autonomy, and with an underlying goal of “fixing”. i then decided back to school for bodywork to find my own way of approaching care. 

from 2017-2019 i studied massage at pacific college (nyc, usa), and i am a new york state licensed massage therapist. at pacific college, i participated in internships at joffrey ballet school and nyu langone hospital’s center for women with disabilities. within this time, i also completed my foundation training in biodynamic craniosacral therapy at stillpoint (nyc). from 2019 until its closure in 2021, i began practicing bodywork at thirdroot, a community health center in brooklyn, ny, oriented around healing justice. in 2021, i began working with, and learning from, hyp-access, a disability justice organization creating access care for folks on the hypermobile spectrum. both third root and hyp-access have been pivotal guidances in my learnings of disability, healing and transformative justice and i would not be practicing the way that i practice now without their generous, compassionate teachings. 

from 2019-2022, i held a private practice in brooklyn, ny, committed to offering a safe space for queer folks to find rest and a wide sliding scale for financial accessibility. i began my journey into organizing free clinics through bodies for bodies, a collective of queer/trans teachers, bodyworkers, and healers of many capacities who offer free/sliding-scale treatments and workshops for the queer/trans community (no longer active). in 2022 i completed a training in the ilan lev method: i no longer practice this work, but carry some of the teachings into my practice today.

in march 2023, i moved to berlin, germany, where i currently live. alongside a (smaller) private practice, i co-organize the bodywork community salon, a group of queer bodyworkers, somatic practitioners and herbalists offering weekly free sessions to palestinians, community organisers, activists and allies, which has been active since shortly after october 7th, 2023.