FOUNDER BIO  

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I am a healthcare advocate and a mom-ologist with on-the-mom training in infectious disease, hepatology, rheumatology, gastrointestinology, and glitterology.  I am also a healer and an artist.  I am the mama to two mermaids ages 9 and 10 and a merdog of indeterminate age.  I work in healthcare as a writer and data strategist supporting non-profit and safety-net healthcare entities.In the past ten years, my team and I have helped secure over $100-million in grant funding, influenced international policy, and provided research for publications and speeches presented before the UN, WHO and the US Congress.  In my free time - I swim outdoors, make gratitools, sprinkle glitter, and choose hope. My favorite book ever (at least today) is Man's Search for Meaning. 

ADVISORY TEAM  

Brittany Blockman, MD - Communitas/UCSF Osher Center
Jean Talleyrand, MD - Motion Health/CESC
Sarah Taylor PHD- Professor of Social Work/EBCSU & Momologist
Odisa Walker - Yoga Instructor & Momologist
​Ellen Barry, JD & Momologist
Deborah Cohan, MD - Foundation for Embodied Medicine/UCSF
Oriana Bolden- Adult Child Complex/Chronic Illness
Oren Slozberg- Commonweal-Executive Director
Garth Wolkoff - Public Educator
Ratka-Mira Popovic - Chinese Medicine-Practitioner
Deborah Borne, MD - Public Health
Carla Sorey-Reed- Media Advisor
Dawn Valadez- MSW/California Alliance of School-Based Health Centers
Monica (Nicki) Elenbaas- Communications Expert/Formerly of the YMCA-USA
​George Burch - Philanthropist/Macy's

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THE STORY BEHIND caregivers and kids-
formerly known as CHOOSING GRATITUDE

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collaborators

Communitas
Commonweal
Motion Health
UCSF Osher Center
Foundation for Embodied Medicine