My path into psychedelic support began after moving through meaningful experiences without consistently feeling held in ways that were trauma-aware, paced, or attuned. Those experiences showed me how vulnerable a person can feel when steady support is absent, especially when difficult emotions, memories, physical sensations, or unexpected material arise.

I wanted to offer a compassionate presence that could remain alongside someone when an experience becomes challenging or difficult to understand.

The teachings of Ram Dass helped open this path, particularly his understanding of presence, service, and meeting people where they are. Daniel and Allison McQueen at the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness helped me turn that calling into an ethical and grounded practice through training, mentorship, and direct experience.

My approach is relational and collaborative. I listen closely, move at the person’s pace, and allow uncertainty to exist without rushing to explain it. I do not see myself as the authority over another person’s experience.

My work is informed by mindfulness-based, somatic, trauma-aware, and person-centered practices, alongside existential and transpersonal perspectives. I am especially interested in questions of meaning, identity, authenticity, mortality, and transformation.

At the heart of Dream Portal is the belief that support should help people develop tools they can carry into their own lives. I offer reflection, grounding, creative practices, and ways of listening that can support greater self-trust over time.

My academic background brings together psychology and creative practice. I graduated summa cum laude from Pikes Peak State College with associate degrees in Psychology and Studio Art, and my visual artwork has received awards and recognition.

Dreams, symbolism, imagery, creativity, and the body can offer ways to explore experiences that words do not fully capture. When relevant to the person, I may invite artmaking, collage, color, movement, music, or dream exploration.

These are invitations, never requirements. I do not interpret another person’s imagery for them. My role is to support curiosity about their own inner language and whatever meaning, if any, it holds for them.

I am a Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Guide and Psychedelic Sitter through the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness. I also hold a Colorado natural medicine facilitator training license and am completing the supervised practice required for full licensure.

My education includes psychedelic preparation, journey support, cannabis-assisted practices, trauma-aware care, harm reduction, consent, and psychedelic ethics. I have completed additional courses in psychedelic integration and Safe Touch, as well as a certificate in Indigenous, Social, and Cultural Considerations.

I am nearing completion of Loka Yoga School’s 50-hour Breathwork Teacher Training certification and am enrolled in its 20-hour Meditation Teacher Training certification. I maintain BLS/CPR certification and continue to receive consultation, mentorship, and ongoing education.

I serve as Director of Operations at Unlimited Sciences, a psychedelic research and education nonprofit. My work includes educational programs, research-informed public resources, communications, and community support services, including the Psychedelic Info Line. I also contribute as a writer on psychedelics, integration, safety, and creative practice.