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 two 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 don't have any amazing wisdom or anything to share about this, it's all just really terrible. I wrote a little bit about it after I earned my BA. I am only 4 years out from the assault, and am sharing it on this page because it is an inescapable part of my life story - and I want anyone else who has experienced abuse of a sexual (or emotional) nature to know that they are not alone. 

I am usually pretty scared to talk about it because he is incredibly wealthy and uses his wealth to hire lawyers and legally intimidate and harm victims- he already did this to me because I sent the pictured fb message to his mother telling her what happened to me after I was informed about several other victims. He made this message public court record, not me. Thus, there is no longer any expectation of privacy and I can share it. 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. I frequently experience traumatic bouts of disbelief that this happened to me - so I ask for general grace in discussing this or anything adjacent to it. 

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.