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Emerging Intimacy Coordinator and Intimacy Director currently certifying through Intimacy Directors and Coordinators after completing the IDC Accelerator Program. Consent-forward educator, sex and intimacy coach, performer, and facilitator with extensive experience supporting individuals and professionals through emotionally and physically vulnerable work.

Almost forty years of stage performance experience as a singer and actor, combined with decades of professional work centered on advocacy, communication, embodied awareness, and trauma-informed practices. Experienced in leading educational workshops and trainings for more than 1,000 professionals, including obstetricians, midwives, and family medicine physicians, in the United States and internationally.

Skilled in cultivating psychologically safe collaborative environments rooted in communication, professionalism, and performer-centered practice.

Professional Summary

  • Consent-Based Practices

  • Intimacy Direction Foundations

  • Intimacy Coordination Foundations

  • Actor Advocacy & Support

  • Trauma-Informed Communication

  • Stage Combat Fundamentals

  • Boundary Setting & Negotiation

  • Inclusive & Bias-Aware Facilitation

  • Choreography Collaboration

Core Competencies

  • Psychological Safety Practices

  • Workshop Facilitation & Public Speaking

  • Conflict Navigation & Mediation

  • Closed Set Protocol Awareness

  • Professional Ethics & Confidentiality

  • Somatic & Interpersonal Awareness

  • Collaborative Rehearsal Processes

  • Nonverbal Communication Awareness

  • Embodied Coaching Techniques

Core Competencies

Intimacy Directors & Coordinators Certification Program In Progress

Intimacy Directors & Coordinators Accelerator Program 2026

New York Combat for Stage & Screen Stage Combat Training

New York Combat for Stage & Screen Intimate Violence: Sight Lines & Creative Masking

Theatrical Intimacy Education Intimacy Choreography Lab

Theatrical Intimacy Education Opera & Intimacy

Professional Training

Relevant Professional Experience

Sex & Intimacy Coach

Self-Employed | 2017-Present

  • Guided clients through consent-forward communication, relationship dynamics, embodied awareness, and boundary practices

  • Facilitated emotionally sensitive conversations utilizing trauma-informed and client-centered approaches

  • Educated and consulted clients with a variety of lifestyle choices

  • Supported clients in navigating vulnerability, self-advocacy, interpersonal communication, and relational safety

  • Applied strong ethical standards, confidentiality practices, and emotional attunement in one-on-one coaching settings

  • Guided clients through consent-forward communication, relationship dynamics, embodied awareness, and boundary practices

  • Facilitated emotionally sensitive conversations utilizing trauma-informed and client-centered approaches

  • Supported clients in navigating vulnerability, self-advocacy, interpersonal communication, and relational safety

  • Applied strong ethical standards, confidentiality practices, and emotional attunement in one-on-one coaching settings

Educator & Professional Trainer

Self-Employed Self-Employed, Approved by DONA International| 2012-2024

  • Trained more than 1,000 professionals, including obstetricians, midwives, and family medicine physicians in the United States and internationally

  • Led workshops focused on consent-forward practice, advocacy, implicit bias, communication, and psychologically safer care environments

  • Facilitated interdisciplinary educational experiences requiring collaboration, emotional intelligence, and responsive communication

  • Developed and delivered programming for diverse professional audiences in high-stakes interpersonal settings

  • Created inclusive learning spaces centered on respect, autonomy, and professional accountability

Birth Support Professional

Self-Employed DONA International-Certified | 2008-2022

  • Attended more than 500 births in emotionally and physically vulnerable environments requiring calm leadership, advocacy, and attuned interpersonal support

  • Supported clients through high-intensity experiences using grounding, communication, consent, and trauma-informed care principles

  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary medical teams while centering client autonomy and informed decision-making

  • Navigated complex emotional and physical dynamics with professionalism, discretion, and adaptability

Singer & Stage Performer

Freelance | 1987-Present

  • Decades of live stage performance experience in the US and abroad

  • Extensive experience with audience engagement, emotional storytelling, stage presence, and collaborative creative environments

  • Strong understanding of performer vulnerability, rehearsal processes, and embodied expression

  • Experienced working within ensemble-based performance settings and live production environments

Performance Experience

  • Performer-Centered Process

  • Consent & Communication Practices

  • Inclusive Storytelling

  • Collaborative Creative Environments

  • Advocacy Within Performance Spaces

Additional Areas of Focus