Get to Know Me

We all receive Torah from the generations before us and transmit it to those who come after us - it’s one of my favorite parts of being a member of this beautiful complicated web of humanity. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, I am a proud product of my Jewish dad, a lifelong newspaper journalist, and my Catholic mom, an actress/Montessori-trained teacher. Thanks to their upbringing, I have always been drawn to art, words, the intersection of multiple religions, and of the line between universal and particular experience. Jewish spaces have always felt like home for me, and one of my lifelong goals is to help others feel as supported and held in Jewish spaces as I have.

I am based on the west coast and currently serve as Rabbinic Wellness Specialist for the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). Prior to joining the CCAR, I spent six years at Temple Beth El in Charlotte North Carolina, supporting the social justice and youth work of the synagogue and serving the congregation as a full member of the clergy team. I completed MA in Jewish Education in 2014 from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education and was ordained in 2016 from the Los Angeles campus of HUC-JIR. Before entering rabbinic school, I spent two years with the Union for Reform Judaism as a regional advisor for the Southern California region of the Reform movement’s teen program. My particular joy (and well-being!) comes from doodling, tea, story-sharing, and the pursuit of a world where all people recognize and actively celebrate the holiness in each other, and my educational interests include poetry, psalms, middot (Jewish virtues), and the places where religion, spirituality, and the wider world meet.