Bio

On the way to Now, I have written 3 books, taught around the world, and of course, on Zoom. I have been a funded research scientist and have recently created an Oracle Deck. I’m a medical scientist who teaches about mind-body healing, cell health, metaphysics, wine, and the senses. But that’s not what I thought I’d be doing when I “grew up.” As a teenager, I wanted to be an entertainer in musical comedy, and when I was 6, my first public performance – I sang at my dad’s jazz club. So instead of singing I now use my voice in other ways, expressing through writing, speaking, and sound, about hidden worlds, ideas, and healing.

As a Ph.D. student in biochemistry, I studied influenza viruses and then did a post-graduate fellowship in immunology and hematology at the University of California Medical School (UCSF). I shifted my focus to cancer research while on the faculty at UCSF. My research on childhood leukemia took me out of the lab into the human dimension of life-threatening diseases and mind-body-spirit healing. I became the balloon lady in the hospital, drawing with children, telling stories, and exploring ways to help these kids feel better even with a malignant disease.

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