I came to the Unitarian Universalist movement as a young mother in a very conservative community looking for a like-hearted group of people to raise my children around and who shared my values. After volunteering for many years in religious education and working in disability advocacy and in educational justice settings, I served as the Director of Family Ministries at the Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for 11 years. Since I retired from congregational work in early 2020, I have been developing and facilitating social justice projects and educational programs, including UU Sparks modules, acting as a social movement and peer chaplain, and am an interfaith and interspiritual Spiritual Companion.