Discovering how harmony and dissonance enrich each other is at the heart of much of my professional life. Thanks to wonderful mentors, I found my voice in music. And, my story includes a career in creating, sharing, and promoting the performing arts. I fell in love with teaching and especially with the messy moments in the creative process where things come together for the first time. It’s the ephemeral awakening within each student that inspires me. A few years ago I reinvented myself and now serve my school as the Advisor for Arts and Community.

I first learned of SEED as a result of a conference where my job was to transport our speaker, Peggy McIntosh; instead, she metaphorically transported me. Enroute to her presentation, she gave me a commuter tutorial on the SEED Project as we drove. And when I attended New Leaders Week, I felt a kind of homecoming, finding community in a way I never even knew I was looking for.

While I have had insightful guides, my most impactful teachers continue to be my students and peers, past and present, who inspire, challenge, and deepen my belief in the collaborative and life giving power that all our stories possess. SEED reminds me to listen more, to include everyone’s voice, and to trust the process of exchange and exploration. SEED reminds me that transformation of institutions and of myself is possible. I think that when you teach, the story never ends. And the more I teach, learn and live, the more I find SEED at the center of what I do.