affiliations
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By nature I'm a collaborator.  I'm regularly looking to network with others who are innovating and improving the services we offer so that together we can provide the greatest benefits to our collective clients.

I have worked, volunteered and/or interned at:  

• Mission's Hospice House (Redwood City, CA)
• Pathways Hospice (Sunnyvale, CA)
• Suncrest Hospice (Fremont, Daly City, Walnut Creek CA)
• El Camino Hospital (Mountain View, CA)
• Bay Area Funeral Consumers Association (San Francisco/San Jose Bay Area)
• Funeral Consumers Alliance (US)
• A Sacred Passing: A Place to Die VSED support (Seattle, WA) 
• The Natural Funeral (Lafayette, CO)
• Honor Cremations:  A Natural Goodbye (San Jose, CA)
• White Rose Aqua Cremation (Escondido, CA)
• Darling and Fischer Chapel of the Hills (Los Gatos, CA)
• Purissima Natural Cemetery (Half Moon Bay, CA)
• Miscellaneous clients who could benefit from my guidance but were financially challenged

I'm a member of the:

• Global Green Burial Alliance (Worldwide)
• Hemlock Society of San Diego (Southern CA)
• Exit International (Worldwide)
• National End of Life Doula Alliance - NEDA (US)
• National Home Funeral Alliance (US)
• Bay Area End of Life Doula Network (Northern CA) 
• South Bay Doula Collective (San Jose Bay Area)

I earned a doctorate in Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University.  Similarly,  I am:

• a Certified End of Life Doula, Conscious Dying Institute (Boulder, CO)
• a Home Funeral Guide, Final Passages (Sebastopol CA)
• a Certified Funeral Arrangement Counselor (CA)
• NEDA Proficient (US).​