A Foundation for Healing: Ember in Bloom

I'm happy to share that I am now serving as Vice President of Ember in Bloom Foundation, a nonprofit founded to support women who have survived domestic and sexual abuse — and the professionals who walk alongside them.

Ember in Bloom was created with the understanding that healing is not only cognitive — it is embodied. Trauma lives in the nervous system, often keeping survivors in prolonged states of fight, flight, or freeze. Through free, trauma-informed yoga, meditation, breathwork, and other holistic practices, the Foundation creates safe, accessible spaces where women can gently reconnect with their bodies and begin to restore a sense of safety, one breath at a time.

The name Ember in Bloom emerged from the Foundation's belief that within every survivor lives a quiet ember — a spark of strength and resilience that endures even through profound harm. The work of Ember in Bloom is to create the conditions where that ember can be tended with care, allowing healing to unfold at its own pace through movement, breath, and stillness.

As Vice President from the Foundation's inception, my role is focused on helping build this work with integrity and intention — supporting both survivors and the advocates, therapists, shelter staff, and first responders who hold space for them. Alongside the nonprofit, Ember in Bloom Collective offers community wellness experiences that directly fund the Foundation's mission, ensuring this care remains accessible and sustainable.

This is work rooted in compassion, safety, and respect for each person's healing journey. I'm proud to help lead an organization that honors healing as deeply personal, embodied, and worthy of care.