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Hello

As a voice guide, writer, photographer, and multi-passionate creator, my work brings together classical vocal training, transformational practices, and the exploration of our relationships—to body, mind, place, and presence. With a Master's degree in Opera Performance and a Bachelor's degree in Women's Studies I bring both technical expertise and critical awareness to my work with voice. Rooted in spirituality and a reverence for the natural world, my photography, writing, and voicework emerge from an insatiable curiosity and a commitment to creating change - from personal liberation to collective transformation. This work lives at the intersection of embodied healing, spiritual growth, and social change, helping people find their authentic power and presence in a world that desperately needs their voices.

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The name "UnDiva" began as a rebellion against classical music's rigid expectations. Today, it represents something far more expansive: a sanctuary for sensitive souls, complex minds, and those who experience the world in high definition.

 

Like many gifted and sensitive people, I spent years trying to dim my light, contain my intensity, and fit into neurotypical boxes. But our ability to feel deeply, think complexively, and sense the subtle interconnections between all things is exactly what our wounded world needs right now.

 

The UnDiva has evolved into a space where creativity meets social justice, where community connection intertwines with personal liberation. Here, we understand that our individual healing is inseparable from collective liberation. We recognize that the same systems that tell us to mask our authentic selves also perpetuate broader systemic injustices.

 

Through my work, I weave together three transformative practices that honor our unique ways of being:

- Voicework is an embodied practice, deepening our awareness of the relationship between body, mind, and spirit, and our relationship to our personal power 

- Writing helps us make sense of ourselves through the lens of the mind, shaping our thoughts and narratives

- Nature photography situates us in place, connecting us to the land we inhabit and reminding us of our role and connection with the living world

 

For those of us who experience life intensely—who feel both the world's pain and its possibility in every fiber of our being—finding our voice means more than just speaking up. It means embracing our unique neurotypes, celebrating our sensitivity, and channeling our gifts toward collective liberation. Even if right now that just means learning to embrace your weirdness!

 

I'm walking this path along with you - learning to unmask my own neurodivergence, and to trust the wisdom of body, mind, and spirit. What I've discovered is that our perceived differences—our sensitivity, our intensity, our unique ways of processing the world—are precisely what enable us to imagine and create new possibilities for being human in these times.

 

The world doesn't need more masks or performance. It needs your unfiltered brilliance, your pattern-seeking mind, your sensitive heart, your fierce dedication to justice. It needs your authentic voice, in all its powerful, unique glory.

 

Welcome to a space where your intensity is celebrated, your sensitivity is valued, and your unique way of being in the world is recognized as essential to our collective liberation.

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With deep respect and gratitude, I acknowledge that the land on which I work and live is Treaty Six Territory; traditional territories of the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit people. My deepest gratitude and respect is extended to the original stewards of these lands and it is part of my mission through my work to help settlers who have forgotten their place in the web of life to situate themselves appropriately so they can be in right relation with the world. 

I want to acknowledge the deep wisdom I have been entrusted with through my relationships with Indigenous teachers, family, and friends. The insights I share have been shaped by their generosity, guidance, and lived experience, and I do not claim them as my own. 

I offer my deepest gratitude and respect to those who have shared their knowledge with me, and I commit to honoring it with integrity, humility, and care, while consciously and continually learning how to best share my gifts in service to all creation.

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