Through Brave Sis Project—the storytelling, learning, and leadership platform I launched in 2019—I create books, courses, retreats, and digital offerings that invite people to rethink who belongs at the center of our narratives and what becomes possible when we decenter default whiteness and monocultural feminism. From the self-paced curriculum “Unengaged to to Ally, Advocate to Sister,” and the SAIN et SAUF™ framework, along with my Substack and ebooks “mini-coaching” and other content, I work to make equity practice concrete, relational, and sustainable.
My creative voice is grounded in decades of work across strategic development, communications, and organizational leadership for mission-driven organizations. Over 30+ years in community and performing arts, philanthropy, global impact, climate innovation, DEI, and fundraising, I’ve become a thought partner to leaders from local nonprofits to global firms. I’ve served as an Executive Director, a Development Director, a Director of Impact and Equity for an international advisory firm, as a founder of multiple nonprofits, and a longtime consultant to Fortune 100 companies, foundations, and social impact innovators — all of which have brought me to this moment of turning liberatory ideas into operational frameworks that shift systems, not just mindsets.
But this is my author site, so let me say plainly: I’m a lifelong wordsmith and storyteller. From my first pop-up book (super-limited edition, as in one only) “Peas in a Pod,” a nine-year old’s ideation about how harmony and world-changing is better than fame and fortune, to editing my high school paper at New York’s Brearley School, to writing and editing for outlets including Paris Passion, Sports Illustrated, Mothering, Oxygen.com, and others, I always prioritize editorial rigor and genuine affection for language in everything I write.
I’ve been praised for work that is intimate and analytical, historically grounded and future-facing. I’m equally at home in a reflective essay, a curriculum module, or a strategic framework for systems change—and my writing continually asks readers to confront inherited narratives about “the other,” to notice how whiteness and class operate (even in progressive spaces), and to imagine more honest, mutual, joyful ways of working and being together.
My facilitation and coaching praxis shapes my writing as an invitation rather than a lecture. I’ve co-led dozens of cohorts, workshops, webinars, panels, and interracial women’s sisterhood retreats, and I’m often recognized for holding brave, tender space where hard truths and emergent insight can coexist. Whether I’m writing about the Foremothers, guiding a leadership circle, or advising executives on equity and belonging, the throughline is the same: centering BIPOC women’s wisdom, refining systems that no longer serve, and telling more generous stories about who “we” are and how we might flourish together.
I was born and raised in New York City and educated at the Brearley School, Tufts University (BA in English and French Literature), and the Université de Paris–Sorbonne (MA in French Literature). I’ve lived in Paris, the UK, Santa Fe, the Bay Area, and the Pacific Northwest, and now make my home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. My life has given me the gift of moving fluidly across languages and cultures—I speak fluent French, strong Spanish, and conversational Italian and Portuguese. I nourish myself through African- and Brazilian-inspired dance, books, beauty-making, and life with my husband, composer–conductor John Kennedy, our Caribbean Potcake dog Pippa, and the long-distance love of my two adult daughters in Brooklyn.