• Born in New York and raised in the Midwest (Illinois)
• Volunteer/advocate for HIV/AIDS, Women's issues (sexual assault,refugees, education & capacity building)
• Worked in Eastern Europe as a Community & Economic Development volunteer for the Peace Corps in Velingrad and Kardjali Bulgaria
• Living in San Francisco/working in Redwood City
• Part time PhD student
• photographer/hopeful film maker
• writer/explorer/activist
• novice speaker of other languages
• suffer from incurable wanderlust & curiosity

• Research & Policy Analyst for Slavery/Trafficking & Mass Atrocities/Genocide focus areas for Humanity United
• NGO background in Program Management Fundraising/Development and Marketing
• Directed the Women & Diversity Program at an Illinois YWCA. Launched Sexual Assault medical/legal program, and advocated for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence
• Racial justice trainer and Study Circles facilitator/trainer
• Marketing/advertising/writing/PR maven (in high tech/start up environs).
• Naval Photographer in Hawaii
• graduate degree in Political Science, w/emphasis on Asset-Based Community Development
• HIV/AIDS volunteer (peer educator)
• Mentor for refugee youth

• Human rights
• Social entrepreneurs
• Dabbling in Buddhist philosophy
• travel to remote corners of the earth
• good wine & organic cooking
• Foreign film (French, Israeli, Arabic, Spanish)
• All things Irish :)
• hiking/camping
• music (see below)

Zero 7/pogues/morcheeba/pixies/stereophonics/U2/tori amos/radiohead/coldplay/patty griffin/janis joplin/portishead/the doors/the clash/peter gabriel/thievery corp/death cab/mazzy star/miles davis/10,000 maniacs/the jam/hendrix/prince/led zepplin/ani difranco/beethoven/mozart/al green/johnny cash/gipsy kings/bad brains/altan/bauhaus/ministry/banco de gaia/soul asylum/beastie boys/bjork/cocteau twins/cowboy junkies/bowie/delerium/fat boy slim/sinatra/grateful dead/indigo girls/jane's addiction/coltrane/nick cave/paul oakenfold/dj tiesto/pogues/sex pistols/snow patrol/sonic youth/sterolab/white stripes/midival punditz/the go-go's/smashing pumpkins....(and the list goes on).

| Paulo Friere | Nelson Mandela | Ghandi | Mohammad Yunus

For other trivial, but perhaps interesting tidbits, free to check out my profile page in Community General or browse my infrequently updated blog.

Doskoro! (Bulgarian for "see you soon")