I grew up in rural Southern Oregon - a first-generation college student from a place where you figure most things out yourself or lean on your neighbors, because there isn’t much else. That upbringing shaped how I see community care: not as a service delivered from a distance, but as something that happens between people, up close, in the ordinary and extraordinary moments of a life.

Neighbors Nomadas grew out of that understanding. Years of community development work - in rural communities, in disaster preparedness and response, in human aid work that took me across the US, Mexico, and South America — taught me that the most important thing you can do for a person in crisis is show up, stay present, and help them navigate what comes next. Professional training in the doula model of care gave that instinct a framework, a set of skills, and a name. Now I travel to the people and communities I serve — arriving at doorsteps, staying on-site through significant passages, accompanying clients on meaningful journeys, and holding space for whatever the threshold asks. I believe that no one should have to navigate life’s most significant moments alone - and that geography should never be the reason they do.