Welcome! Nice to meet you.
A bit about me:
I have over 30 years working with individuals and organizations, offering impactful learning experiences.
I’ve lived in three continents, belong to and raise a multi ethnic, diverse family.
My research and work interests include all that is related to resilience, growth, grief and healing, and cultural and context sensitive learning and development. I look forward to working together with you.
In a nut shell, I am an inter disciplinarian, taking this to my PhD studies as well.
These include, but are not limited to being a full time core faculty in graduate Mindfulness Studies, grief educator, consultant, certified thanatologist, and certified meditation teacher and teacher mentor.
I am an inter-disciplinarian with special focus on Western Psychology, Eastern Psychology and Mindfulness, Thanatology, Human Development and Learning.
And, I am an ex-Computer Systems engineer/architect with some studies in economics mixed in.
If you are ready to touch base to request a speaking engagement, please feel free to fill out this brief request or more detailed request down below. I will get back to you as soon as I can. I look forward to connecting with you.
Speaking Engagements
Curated or Prepackaged Speaking engagements
I am available to offer lectures, talks and workshops that are highly customizable to meet the needs of your organization or community.
Areas of focus include and are not limited to
General Topics
Working - Leading - Parenting - Caregiving - Educating/Teaching - Learning - Grieving - Illness - Aging - Life Transitions
Grief, Loss and Resilience Topics
Grieving - Illness - Aging - Care Giving - Life Transitions - All Grief and Loss
Past and current engagements include US and international clients in diverse sectors including healthcare, K-12 education, academia, finance, high tech, biomedical, manufacturing, for/not for/non-profit organizations.