I began my work within my first non-profit at 10 years old at North Country RIDE. I went on to start my first fundraiser at 16 years old, and convinced my college to pay my work study to the non-profit so I could do outreach and community development. I've since worked in powersports product development; as a wedding and event designer and planner; in commercial insurance; as a business owner offering somatic informed embodiment portraiture, documentary storytelling, underwater fine art work of Lake Superior; and finally, have returned to my non-profit development roots. I have jumped in Lake Superior at least once a month for over two years and gone through an incredible amount of loss over the last 10 years. What I know now is that our stories and relationships are what keep us afloat and focused on our purpose. I now work to help others understand the power authentic presence holds to save us and maybe even the world, across my day job and through my business.