I swim for mental and physical health. I mostly lap swim in pools, but I also distance swim in the SF bay. Cold water plunging and distance swimming in the wild, wild waters has taught me that I have the psychological capacity to go mind over matter and get myself through things that are painful. 

I roller skate. I do mostly street skating and have trained in roller derby. I jump sets of stairs and do some rudimentary park skating. Here are some links to some good skater moments, including some of my best jumps: 

4 stair graceful wipeout

Jumping stairs for UAW on strike

Eating some concrete at the 6 stair 

Surviving the 6 stair without hurting myself

More 6 stair attempt nonsense

Skating/snacking in my kitchen

finally landing (debatable) the 6 stair

Learning to skate the park bowl

 A poem about being in love with my partner and about the political insecurities undergirding Putin's hatred for queer people

A  poem about war, this one is in dutch.

I have babysat for many families since I was 14. I was an au pair for a wonderful Dutch-Belgian family in the Belgian City of Antwerpen. I have done disabled person's caregiving to support myself through college and as a hobby. I have three regular disabled clients I help out currently, I know how to work a catheter and I am a professional at tucking folks of all ages into bed. 

This is Milkshake. I adopted this lil mut after fostering him and falling in love. He is my best friend.

I got sexually assaulted on Christmas day 2020 during a walk in North Berkeley. I wrote a little bit about it after I earned my BA.  I will not share his name here, but he publicly makes accusations that I have stalked him. If a middle aged man defames me to you with stalking allegations, please document the defamation of me or other victims and send it to me. He is a dangerous, unpredictable, manipulative person with way too much money that he is more than willing to use to hurt people, so please do not confront him on my behalf. My trauma aside, this person has caused incredible damage to several people I know and care about. If you are a past, present or potential future victim of this person - my door is always open to you. If you are in danger, call 911. If you have experienced anything remotely similar to what is described here on the DHS trafficking website, call your local police department asap to report what you experienced.