Services
Strategic & Organizational Development
I work alongside organizations that are ready to grow, evolve, or navigate meaningful change. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in nonprofit leadership, grassroots organizing, consulting, and community-centered work, I help leaders step back, see the bigger picture, and create strategies that are both practical and deeply aligned with their values.
My approach combines strategic thinking with a human-centered understanding of organizational culture, relationships, power, and community. Whether an organization is developing a strategic plan, strengthening its internal systems, navigating a transition, or seeking greater alignment between its mission and its practices, I create space for honest reflection and meaningful action.
I can support organizations with:
- Strategic planning and organizational vision
- Organizational assessment and capacity building
- Capacity building and sustainability
- Organizational change and transitions
- Team and organizational culture
- Equity-centered organizational development
- Mission, values, and strategy alignment
- Retreats and strategic reflection
My goal is not simply to help organizations create another plan. It is to help leaders and teams build the clarity, relationships, and structures needed to turn their purpose into lasting impact.
Executive & Leadership Development
Leadership is deeply personal. It asks us not only to understand what we are leading, but to understand ourselves, our relationships, and the values that guide our decisions.
I work with executive directors, emerging leaders, nonprofit professionals, advocates, and community leaders who are navigating the opportunities and complexities of leadership. My work combines strategic leadership development with reflection, coaching, and a deep understanding of the realities facing leaders working for social and community change.
I particularly support leaders who are stepping into executive roles for the first time and are learning how to hold the many responsibilities that come with leading an organization.
Through coaching and leadership development, I help leaders:
- Develop greater clarity and confidence
- Strengthen their leadership presence
- Navigate difficult conversations and decisions
- Build healthy relationships and teams
- Lead through uncertainty and organizational change
- Understand their own leadership patterns
- Develop authentic and values-aligned leadership practices
- Create sustainable approaches to their work and wellbeing
I believe leadership does not have to come at the expense of your humanity. My approach invites leaders to lead from a place of greater self-awareness, purpose, connection, and authenticity.
Community Engagement & Partnerships
My work is rooted in the belief that communities hold knowledge, wisdom, and lived experience that must be part of meaningful change.
As a longtime community organizer and nonprofit leader, I understand that authentic community engagement requires more than gathering input. It requires listening, relationship building, trust, accountability, and a willingness to share power.
I support organizations, leaders, and partners in creating engagement processes that center the voices and experiences of the people most affected by the issues they are working to address.
I can support:
- Community listening and engagement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Partnership development
- Community-centered strategy
- Collaborative initiatives
- Cross-sector partnerships
- Facilitated community conversations
- Trust and relationship building
- Participatory planning and decision-making
My approach is grounded in curiosity and respect. I help create spaces where people can bring their lived experience, knowledge, culture, and perspectives into the work and where relationships become a foundation for collective action.
Training & Facilitation
I create and facilitate learning spaces where people can pause, reflect, ask difficult questions, learn from one another, and explore new possibilities.
Whether facilitating a leadership retreat, organizational workshop, community gathering, or team conversation, I bring a combination of strategic experience, cultural knowledge, and healing-centered practices to the room.
My facilitation style is participatory, thoughtful, and responsive to the people in the space. I believe meaningful learning happens when participants are not simply receiving information, but are actively engaging with one another and connecting new ideas to their own experiences.
Training and facilitation can include:
- Leadership development
- Organizational development
- Equity and justice
- Community engagement
- Organizational culture
- Team development
- Communication and collaboration
I tailor each experience to the needs of the group, creating space for both meaningful conversation and practical application.
Bilingual & Culturally Grounded
Culture, language, identity, history, and lived experience shape how we understand ourselves, how we relate to one another, and how we lead.
As someone whose work is deeply informed by community, culture, and Indigenous wisdom, I bring a culturally grounded perspective to my consulting, leadership development, facilitation, and healing-centered work.
My bilingual and culturally responsive approach creates space for people to engage in ways that honor who they are and where they come from. I recognize that effective leadership and community engagement cannot be separated from culture, language, identity, and lived experience.
I also draw from traditional Indigenous Mexican Otomí practices and ancestral wisdom in appropriate settings, integrating these traditions with mindfulness, somatic practices, reflection, and connection.
For me, cultural grounding is not an add-on to the work. It is part of how I understand leadership, healing, relationships, and meaningful change.
My work may include:
- Bilingual facilitation and engagement
- Culturally responsive training
- Community-centered conversations
- Cross-cultural leadership development
- Culturally grounded retreats
- Multilingual communication
- Inclusive organizational practices
- Connecting cultural wisdom with leadership and organizational development