About Me
I am a spatial designer, expressive arts therapist, facilitator, and artist based on the Sunshine Coast, BC.
At the heart of my work is a curiosity about the relationship between the spaces we create, the creative process, and the many ways our inner and outer worlds shape one another.
Following this curiosity has led me along an interdisciplinary path through engineering, architecture, expressive arts therapy, and facilitation, alongside an ever-evolving personal artistic practice. Together, these experiences have shaped the perspective I bring to my work — one that integrates the practical and emotional dimensions of the environments and experiences we move through.
I began my career in the built environment, working in architecture and engineering.
My background spans 15 years of study and practice in architecture and engineering, including a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Engineering. I have worked on projects ranging from single-family homes and multi-unit housing to larger, more complex buildings including community and cultural centres, through firms in Vancouver, Toronto, and Edmonton.
While I was drawn to the practical and material aspects of design and construction, I often felt something was missing in how we approached the human experience of these processes. The focus tended to rest on function, aesthetics, timelines, and outcomes, with less space for the emotional and relational dimensions of how people actually live and move through the process — particularly in the context of creating a home.
Building or renovating a home can be one of the most significant and demanding projects in a person’s life.
Because our homes hold so much of our lives, the process often extends far beyond the practical realities of design and construction, becoming an emotional and deeply personal journey in its own right — all on top of the stresses and realities of everyday living.
And yet, tending to that part of the experience in a meaningful way generally falls outside the scope of traditional architectural practice.
For me, this felt like an important piece that was missing in the design process.
At a certain point, I felt pulled in a different direction — away from the external, built world and toward the inner, emotional, and creative aspects of life.
I stepped away from design work to study and practice as an expressive arts therapist.
Through that work, I became increasingly interested in art and creativity not only as a means of expression, but as a way of accessing insight, navigating change, and relating more deeply to ourselves, others, and our environments. I began facilitating one-on-one sessions and group workshops that support people through art-based processes of self-reflection, especially during times of transition.
Over time, I began to see how deeply the worlds of spatial design and expressive arts are connected.
Designing a home is not just a technical or aesthetic process.
It’s stressful. It’s emotional. It’s personal.
It asks questions about how we want to live, what we value, and what we are making space for in our lives.
In many ways, the spaces we create become reflections of our inner world, our relationships, and the lives we are growing into.
I believe that experiences of this magnitude deserve care and attention in the same way that we tend to other meaningful life transitions, and that the emotional experience does not need to be held in a separate container from the design process.
What once felt like a missing piece began to feel like a space I was being called to step into — the different parts of my experience coming together.
My work now brings together spatial design, expressive arts therapy, and facilitation.
I support people in the early stages of home building and renovation, helping bring clarity to the deeper questions that sit beneath the many decisions involved, so the process can begin with greater intention and alignment.
I believe the practical work of creating a home is inseparable from the emotional and relational experience of living through it.
I also accompany people through later stages of the home creation journey, offering a space to reflect, reorient, and navigate the complexities that naturally arise along the way.
Alongside this, I facilitate group workshops within creative, community, and wellness contexts — including architectural and design teams, workplaces and organizations across a range of sectors, and other collaborative initiatives — as well as individual expressive arts therapy sessions.
Across all of my work, I draw from expressive arts practice and incorporate creative, reflective methods when appropriate. Whether in a home design project, a team environment, or personal exploration, these processes can open new ways of understanding ourselves, our relationships, and the questions we are navigating.
I hold a Master of Architecture from the University of British Columbia, a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University, and an Expressive Arts Therapy Diploma from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute.
I am a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist, and a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor (RTC).
Home, place, expression, connection, and belonging are themes that run throughout my work. These conversations exist within a broader relationship to the land and to the Indigenous peoples who have cared for it for countless generations.
I am grateful to be living, working, and creating on the traditional and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and shíshálh (Sechelt) Nations.
May we commit to being responsible stewards of this land together.