Teachers + Training
“Lineage is both important for me to name, and impossible to track.”
— adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy
My first and most influential teacher will always be this wild + holy world.
I am honored to learn from and with the land, our plant + animal kin, my body, my ancestors, my past + future ancestor self — as well as all of my clients, students, and mentees.
March 2023
Botany Autonomy: Phytoestrogens & Ecosystems of Endocrine Exchange Between Plant & Animal Worlds
Through Herban Cura
February 2023
Wild Mushroom Harvester Certification, Part 1
Through Minnesota Mycological Society
diana limbach lempel of The Annsisters
Research Methods for Memory Keepers
Lamps in the Dark: The Radiance of 12th House Luminaries
Ingrid Bauer, MD, Paul Bergner, RH (AHG), Andrew Bentley, RH (AHG), and Mimi Hernandez, RH (AHG)
Webinar Intensive through American Herbalists Guild
January 2023
Ember Peters of Wild Current Herbalism
Making Sense of Herb Drug Interactions
November 2022
Justin Robinson of Country Gentleman Cooks + Earthseed Land Co-op & olivia pepper
Ethnobotany of “Thanksgiving”: How Botany + Conquest Intersect at the Table
June 2022
Wild Mushroom Harvester Certification, Part 2
Through Minnesota Mycological Society
March 2022
Bundle Dying As Healing Ritual
Through Herban Cura
October 2021
Wendy Makoons Geniusz
Decolonization, Interconnectedness, + the Research Process
Through Seed, Soil + Spirit
August 2021
Intuitive Bread Baking: decentralizing + re-centering our dough
Through Herban Cura
August 2021
Geo Edwards of Nu Healing Arts + Shabina Lafeur-Gangji
Through Seed, Soil + Spirit
August 2021
Justin Robinson of Country Gentleman Cooks + Earthseed Land Co-op
Ethnobotany of Southern Foods: How Botany + Conquest Intersect at the Table
July 2021
Tim Clemons (@mnforager) of Ironwood Foraging
Beginner Mushroom Hunting
January - March 2021
Nurse Herbalism / Nurse Herbalist Certificate
November - December 2020
Living Ancestral Connection
November 2020
Tricia Hersey of The Nap Ministry
Rest As a Portal of Healing
Virtual Workshop via Minneapolis Institute of Art
October 2020
Daniela Reul of Teo Drinks / Kasa Teo
Fermentation Basics
Through Herban Cura
2019-Present
Nordic Root Work + Traditions in the Mind, Body, + Spirit:
Dance, Runes, Boundaries, Soul Healing, Dreamwork
2019-Present
Alan Gorman
Beginning Norsk Language: Mindekerkin Norwegian Lutheran Church Culture + Language Programs
August 2019
Molly Glasgow of Point Acupressure
Acupressure Neck + Shoulder Release for Bodyworkers
2019 - 2022
Creativity + Permission
From Discipline to Devotion: Moving from Rigidity to Awe So You May Be of Maximum Service
Newsletter Class
The World Needs Your Online Glass
July 2019
Astrology Living Room Sessions
2019
Portland School of Astrology
1st Year Astro-Empowerment Program
May 2019
adrienne maree brown + cohort of co-facilitators
April 2019
Registered Nurse (RN) + Public Health (PHN) Licensure
2017-2018
Master of Nursing Program
University of Minnesota
Fall 2018
Martin Bulgerin of the BioPsciences Institute
Astrology
May 2019
Death Midwifery Training + Initiation
2017-2018
Heartwood Institute of Integrative Medicine
Craniosacral Therapy Training and Certification
2017-2018
Adagio Holistic Therapies
Cupping Massage
2016-2018
Green Wisdom School of Natural & Botanical Medicine
Master Clinical Herbalism Program
(3,000 hours of herbal studies, including 700 hours of clinical herbal practice)
Summer 2016
Toi Scott, Queering Herbalism
Herbal Freedom School of the School of Liberation & Healing Medicine
December 2016
Molly Glasgow + Ricardo Levins Morales
Restoring Power: Trauma + Resilience for Organizers
August 2016
Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra, Cultural Wellness Center
& Millicent Simenson, Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming
The JJ Way® - Commonsense Childbirth Community Outreach Perinatal Educator & Doula Training | Certification
Previously trained through DONA (September 2011) & certified (2014 - 2017)
December 2015
Martin Bulgerin of the BioPsciences Institute
Flower Essences
2015
Jessie Belden of The Medicine Tree
Herbal Roots Apprenticeship
Fall 2011
Okogyeamon + Margery Otto
ASDIC (Antiracism Study Dialogue Circles) Metamorphosis
2010-Present
Jim & Cecelia Jayme
Herbalism & Spirituality
2010 to present
2006-2009
Bachelor of Arts
University of Minnesota Duluth
Majors: Women's, Gender, + Sexuality Studies + International Studies
Minors: Political Science, + Spanish
Senior Capstones: Feminist Solidarity Studies + Serbian Women in Black’s Peace Activism as Subversion of Gender Roles in Defiance of Nationalism + Empire.
Primary Mentors, Professors, + Advisors:
Beth Bartlett + Susana Pelayo-Woodward
2009
David ‘Niib’ Aubid
Beginning Ojibwe Language
University of Minnesota Duluth
