My Standpoint

I am a queer, settler, non-binary person on the unceded and stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)  Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Watuth) Nations of the Coast Salish Peoples. I was born on this land and remain uninvited, the descendent of English immigrants on my mother’s side and Irish immigrants on my father’s side in majority.

I have lived experience with bisexuality, non-monogamies, neurodivergence, gender diversity, complex traumatic stress, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, sex work, and substance use. I am keenly aware of the strengths and challenges these experiences have afforded me, and enjoy working with folks who have walked similar paths.

As an activist, I’ve organized and facilitated grassroots community groups, events, discussions, and circles. I have written community policy, advocated for marginalized groups in community proceedings and practices, and pushed for changes in practice to accommodate those groups. I provide survivor support to folks in my community when it is needed, and it is always needed.

I hold a Bachelors Degree of Social Work; I am a Registered Social Worker with the BC College of Social Workers (#15208). My degree focus was on gender equity in policy and practice. By means outside of academia, I study feminisms, politics, systems of power, unconventional relationships, trauma, and recovery. I am committed to reimagining how we value ways of knowing: I take my personal studies as seriously as my academic accomplishments. I have built and delivered programming, conducted intensive case management, and led field education with specialization in serving 2SLGBTQIA+ people, neurodiverse people, and people who use drugs. I occupy a social worker position in health care providing services in a front line harm reduction setting.