I am a filipinX interdisciplinary artist, somatic coach, embodied dancer, creative facilitator, careworker and advocate for social change. I resource my lived experience as a queer and neurodivergent woman of colour, combined with the collective dis-ease to inform my work. I explore embodied art practices as an avenue for healing and healing as a catalyst for art creation. My artistic approach is emotional, sensitive and informed by trauma awareness, anti-oppressive and anti-racist frameworks.

Dance is an exploration lab for me to practice presence, curiosity and embody agency. It is where I find refuge from the chaos of the world and attune to the sacred space within myself. I practice cultivating safety within my body by resourcing my somatic intelligence and explore the intimacies of paradox. From sadness, joy, fear, love, grief, empowerment, loneliness, sovereignty, rage, peace, internalized racism, interconnectedness, homophobia, liberation, shame and confidence, my dance teaches me how to embody wholeness. It is a sacred container where I can break cycles of trauma, alchemize intergenerational karma and accesses resiliency and inspiration for embodied liberation and evolution.

I am passionate and inspired to share progressive, embodied art and somatic practices as a radical mirror to those who have felt abandoned, othered, oppressed and disconnected from their body, expression, service and purpose. My aim is to empower folks, especially those made to be marginalized, on their journey of embodied healing, authentic relating, belonging and leadership. Through performance art, embodiment workshops, BIPGM sharing circles, I hope to support folks with gaining greater access to their emotional intelligence and authentic expression. By radically welcoming the multitude of truths that live within, we can illuminate our fullest potential, actualize it through embodied practice and cultivate the courage to be fully expressed. I believe that our vulnerability is a key to a regenerative future.

As a queer woman of colour, I continue to meet social and systemic barriers. I have found that dance, the arts and healing spaces haven’t been very accessible to people like me, as they are predominantly occupied and led by white folks. I am curious and dedicated to changing this narrative and sustaining safer and braver spaces for marginalized folks to feel inspired to platform their intrinsic artistry, explore their embodied healing and be reflected by radical reflections.

In these transformative times in our local and global society, I am seeking to invest my energy and service in creative collaborations that center sovereignty, equity, inclusion, compassion and cultures of care. 

Healing our relationship with ourselves - our bodies - and community, heals the earth. This is the calling.