My friend Colin once called me a seance artist, which I like. I descend from Spiritualists and Quakers, and as a child growing up in Los Angeles, I spent a lot of time with my maternal grandmother, who worked at a metaphysical shop and collected weird books.

I deeply relate to Miles Coverdale, the queer emo protagonist of The Blithedale Romance, when he proclaims, "My soul is not my own!" I'm enraptured by collective possibilities, and for over a decade, I have devoted myself to community-building within the intersecting realms of mysticism, feminism, and the arts, producing events and spaces to connect. Currently, I also act as the Associate Director of Golden Dome School.

In 2022, I graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with an M.A. in Womxn's History. I wrote about the labor practices of mainly female occult workers that have been overlooked by the growing body of scholarship on white-dominated Spiritualism.

In 2014, I began giving readings with a personal collection of movie ticket stubs, throwing out a Rider-Waite-Smith deck, although it has come back to haunt me several times. I offer consultations to individuals, companies, and organizations interested in exploring creative approaches to the occult grounded in critical thinking and historical perspectives.

Thank you for reading and being here.

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