I am a queer Ashkenazi Jew who grew up in an interfaith Secular Humanistic Jewish home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I have been interested in co-creating inclusive community where we can show up as our full vulnerable selves and wrestle with what it means to be human since I was in college, when I created LGBTQ*J, a student group for queer Jews navigating the intersection of their identities. As someone who has been on a long journey of rediscovery, I particularly delight in helping people explore Jewish traditions and practices in ways that feel meaningful and supportive to their lives.
My undergraduate degree is in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and ecology continues to inform how I understand the world and is an important part of my spirituality and political work. During college, I also spent three summers studying Yiddish language, history, and culture at YIVO, the Yiddish Book Center, and the Vilnius Yiddish Institute, and I am deeply committed to diasporic Jewish cultures and practices.