My Story

For as long as I can remember, being creative and a desire to help others came naturally to me. Since I was a little kid, I loved sharing skills and helping people learn, whether it was helping fellow kindergarteners thread their needles in sewing class, showing my friends how to throw on the ceramics wheel at my 4th grade birthday party, or helping my classmates tune their instruments in orchestra when I got to my new school, Renaissance Arts Academy, in 6th grade. 

As I grew older, I realized that what I love even more, is to support and inspire both myself and others to grow towards embodying our most authentic, aligned and flourishing versions of ourselves. So that we can find happiness, fulfillment, connection, and peace. And be able to express and share our gifts and passions in the most meaningful ways.

I started playing music when I was 6 almost 7, starting with classical violin, and then viola at age 11. As a young adult I studied and fell in love with singing and songwriting. And although I’ve always loved to sing and play music, it has been a long and winding, beautiful, and rewarding process of freeing my voice and all of my creative channels. Including embodying a more gentle, unconditionally loving, and joyful relationship with my myself and my instruments.

When I was 18 years old I started studying and practicing Buddhism and meditation, which served to solidify and strengthen my desire to use my life in meaningful ways and to give what I can to others. Through this I came to appreciate and open my eyes to the wisdom in my own family of origin, and my Chinese lineage. My Popo, (mother’s mother, in Chinese) is a master and teacher of Emei Qigong, an ancient and powerful healing art form. Through studying, practicing with, and learning from her, I felt called to pursue a career in the healing arts. And yet, I simultaneously felt drawn to continue my journey with music.

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As I’ve continued to study and practice music, spirituality, and healing, I’ve realized just how interconnected they all are. Everything I am healing within myself - trauma, stuck energy, self criticism, shame, and all the patterns of thought and behavior that don’t serve me - this healing and growth that I’m doing spiritually, emotionally, and energetically, is the same healing and growth that allows me to develop and express myself more and more, musically. It is through these experiences that I feel called to offer my time and energy as a music teacher and  healing practitioner.

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I’ve also come to greatly appreciate how much of my healing has come from recognizing and unlearning messages I’ve internalized from systems of dominance. As a neurodivergent, queer, trans-genderfluid, mixed race Asian/White/Mexican,”Spoonie," living with chronic illness, I’ve received many messages that caused me to believe that who I am, and how I am, is not good enough. That my worth is conditional, and something I must work to earn. That it can be measured by what I do, how much progress I make, which rules I follow, how much I get done, etc. 

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I’ve had a lot of experiences that have established and reinforced those beliefs. And, I’ve also been blessed with some incredibly healing and reparative experiences with teachers, mentors, friends, and communities that have reflected back me, my innate worth, and helped me to believe that another way of living and relating is possible.

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One of my goals in teaching and healing, is to be one of those mirrors. A safe haven for others from all the harshness in the world. A gentler space and presence, where folx of all identities, ages, and experiences can feel welcomed and affirmed in our innate worth. Where we can feel safe to let down our guards, be ourselves, and be seen and celebrated, exactly as we are.

I believe that by holding ourselves and being held in love and community and by learning to listen to and honor our bodies' and minds' signals, needs, and capacities, we can co-create radical spaces of learning and healing.

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I hope that the presence, experience and knowledge that I have to share, can inspire you to feel empowered - to discover and deepen your love of learning to play an instrument, sing, or write songs. And can create space for you to heal and grow in profound and supportive ways.

May we tap into our innate healing abilities and creative potential, as we journey together towards freedom, ease, growth, and embodying our most aligned selves ❤️