About Me
I’m Susan (she/her)
I live and work in the Pacific Northwest on Coast Salish lands (Duwamish, Suquamish, and Muckleshoot). I am a lover of rain, forests, water, travel, stories, and engaging my creativity in multiple ways.
I’m a partner to Lex and unschooling mom to elementary-aged twins. With 20+ years of experience in education and mental health fields, I have seen the systemic barriers children and families face as they move through our institutions. I believe we are all in need of both individual and collective healing if we want to grow toward liberation and a more inclusive world. My personal and professional philosophy is rooted in deep examination of our relationships with teaching, learning, the land, and each other to reframe toward more humanizing and healing-centered spaces for all of us.
I’m a Lifelong Learner.
As a white, cis, able-bodied, American woman, I recognize that I hold multiple privileged identities that influence how I move through the world. I value transparency and authenticity in the ways I am personally learning and growing alongside my community. I strive to “learn out loud” and value holding myself accountable for my own growth and healing as an intentional daily practice.
Our family works to decolonize our relationships with each other as we show up authentically in our full humanity every day. We learn from each other, UNlearn with each other, and work to co-create our lives by slowing down, finding joy, and breaking generational patterns that no longer serve our us.
And an Aspiring Co-Conspirator.
I am an aspiring co-conspirator for justice and collective liberation. I strive to weaponize my privilege to disrupt systems, policies, and mindsets that marginalize and oppress individuals and groups. I’m constantly and actively unlearning and healing from the ways white supremacy, patriarchy, heteronormativity, abelism, adultism and all other oppressive systems have shaped me.
By working with adults who raise and educate children (parents, educators, therapists, etc.), I hope to co-create a more inclusive, accessible, and liberated world by divesting from the systems that harm us all. My people are those who are willing to do the real work alongside me, who push me to dig deeper, and who hold me accountable for the ways I show up in the world.