About Me

I have had many life chapters in many places. I grew up in various parts of the US, a lover of the performing arts and experiencing different cultures, weaving the analytical mind with the feeling heart. I went to a conservatory of music for concert piano, yet completed undergraduate and Master’s degrees in anthropology. The mind exhausted, I pursued acting and narrative filmmaking for 10 years in NYC, LA and London. The heart and spirit exhausted, the path of the healer found me. I became a Reiki Master, shamanic practitioner, sound healer, and master medicinal aromatherapist. Now, living in Scotland, I am integrating my experiences and completing a PhD in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. My research uses ethnographic and documentary filmmaking to explore how humans and more-than-humans can live in harmony for personal and ecological health.

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I have these certificates and degrees:

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- Reiki Master Teacher Certification with Rev. Krista Jacobson Thompson.

- Advanced Shamanic Courses with The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, founded by anthropologist Michael Harner.  

- 200 YTT (Yoga Teacher Training) with Gypsea School of Yoga in Uvita, Costa Rica.

- Advanced Medicinal Aromatherapy and Teaching Certification with Wisdom of the Earth in Sedona, AZ.

- Native American Flute with Ami Sarasvati.

- Sound Bowl Healing with Natasha Ponton, Solaris Sound Healing.

- Herbology Certification from the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh

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BA Anthropology, Lawrence University

MA Applied Anthropology, University of North Texas

MA Anthropology, The New School

PhD Candidate Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh​