My Mission

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.“

~ Simone de Beauvoir

I’m on a mission to amplify new voices and make the world a better place – wherever I am and whenever and however I can.

This means doing hard work when it needs to be done, acting with integrity and compassion, and building people up from their strengths.

My Vision & Values
My Skills & Abilities

“A just society is a society that if you knew everything about it, you’d be willing to enter it in a random place.“

~ John Rawls

My Vision & Values

I envision a world that is, above all else, a just place where everyone can thrive.

I picture this as a world that is cared for by everyone and where everyone cares about leaving the world better than how they found it. For my part in achieving this vision I hold myself accountable for:

  • actively communicating with the intent to be understood by others rather than an expectation that I will be understood
  • actively listening with the intent to understand others rather than the expectation that I will understand
  • maintaining an education and learning mindset
  • advocating on issues that are important to me
  • loudly protesting injustices in all its forms while actively seeking out solutions
  • loudly promoting social justice and supporting public policies that focus on building freedom, diversity, equity, and inclusion for marginalized groups and communities>
  • treating others with kindness, care, and fairness
  • reducing my carbon footprint and taking care of the environment around me
  • supporting institutions and organizations that align with my mission and vision
  • providing everyone I encounter with compassion and empathy
  • supplying others with resources (as I am able) that will help them in their own pursuit of being the best version of themselves that they can be
  • being a safe person for every single human that I encounter, even those that I dislike or disagree with

“A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.“

~ William Shakespeare

My Skills & Abilities

I believe everyone should pursue new skills and knowledge every day.

I value curiosity and discovery. Because of this, I have cultivated a unique and wide range of talents and skills that I use to help me on my mission to make the world better. These include:

  • Community building – to help people find safe, inclusive spaces where they feel they truly belong
  • Mentoring, teaching, and coaching – to help people find and use their strengths
  • Art and design – to facilitate communication and understanding
  • Web development – to help bring information and awareness to the world
  • Software engineering – to find programmatic solutions to tricky problems
  • Branding – to bring identity and unity to an individual or enterprise
  • Marketing – to evangelize the things I think have great value for others
  • Data analysis – to better understand complex behaviors and systematically identify roadblocks, problems, and patterns
  • Event planning – to bring people together for a common interest or celebration
  • Writing – to facilitate learning and understanding
  • Copyediting and proofreading – to give voice to ideas and bring greater understanding to everyone
  • Philosophy – to help myself and others reflect on our values, virtues, and moral obligations
  • Photography – to capture authentic moments of humanity and nature
  • Video creation / editing – to create visual emotional experiences and facilitate understanding
  • Sound engineering – to capture the sounds of life and love and imagination
  • Music – for love and expression and harmony
  • Research and development – to discover ways to improve processes and lives
  • Explosives and pyrotechnics – for fun and for safety-testing
  • Cooking and catering – because I have known true starvation, and cannot bear to see anyone else endure even a moment  of it
  • Construction – to build whatever is needed
  • Electrical engineering – to bring power, light, and sound to whatever can be imagined
  • Occupational support – so that others may find ways to unblock themselves and thrive because of, not in spite of, their neurodivergence
  • Medical knowledge – to ensure that I can care for myself and others and provide emergency first aid
  • Animal rescue – to bring joy and life to formerly unlucky animals seeking a safe and loving home
  • Goat obstetrics – I was there, the goat was in labor, and there was no access to a vet in the middle of the night in a blizzard in the country