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Welcome! / Manawa!
I’m glad you made it here. I hope we get a chance to explore together. Until then, this is a little bit about me.
I’m a Borikua with Indigenous lineage who grew up on the east coast of Turtle Island (USA). I’m a guest on unceded Ketagalan land also known as the beautiful, concrete jungle of Taipei, Taiwan.
I’m filled with gratitude for all of the adventures that brought me to this moment. I’ve worked in fashion, taught in Seoul, trekked through Asia for over a year, learned how to live with the land on a farm tucked away in the valleys, and even put my years in at a startup.
Those experiences rooted me in weaving a collective thread of radical exploration as a decolonized guide, creator, educator, and certified Hakomi practitioner.
Da traha talata bu amarih’ki tura yaha. Da ekininei wo abiha aba budan A~ hekedeira uwara. Aneya mei toho le aba naiko xokoto damaa daka.
Da traha aba Borikua alika awarimo’aki hai oka ka hiwehi waye tan Turtle Island (USA). Da traha aba korara oka asaukawa’yi’aki Ketagalan mona badia aitanki kei ka anakonwa’se ba’inkayeketan abiara tan Taipei, Taiwan.
D’adira hahom’se bia tokowa tan ka atuhawa’no tosa antira’ki da A~ toho naikodan. Da kaudi’ki alu ekenu’ni tekesera, tekiraha’ki alu Seoul, waraiya’ki dinawa Asia. Bia ayaduku aba wiwa, akidahawa’ki halika A~ kebia oma ka mona oka aba konuko ayakati’aki’ho alu ka itku’no, kena bian asawa da wiwa’no alu akaliha’ni adawa aba hekexi abiyaba’sao.
Naha atuhawa’no ukuru’aki da alu atola’ni aba uwatira’ki witu tan ‘maluwabu tan ka badi’ awahaiya as aba olaboa tan asaukawa’yi’aki ehibu, anubahuti, tekina, kena anhara’ki Hakomi kalarieduma’hua.
mel / melisa (I’m okay with either one.
Da traha direi oma kubiama aban.)
she / her
tiya / ta
