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I was born and raised in Burlington, Vermont (the unceded ancestral land of the Abenaki people) but have spent pieces of my life in other places, finding homes and connection to the land in many of them. I have traveled extensively across Europe, New Zealand, Nicaragua, and much of the United States (Turle Island) in various ways ranging from backpacking to family home-stays, work trades to van life, and have learned that engaging with people and the projects that light up their minds and hearts is most fulfilling and grounding for me.
I have been engaging with the teachings of plants for many years and am always learning through the season. I have experience with collective gardens, gardening with annual vegetables, as well as perennial and annual medicinals, and simply love to have my hands in the soil. I have been studying herbalism slowly for many year and am practicing herbal medicine in as many ways as I can manage, offering abundant overflow of my medicine cabinets to mutual aid networks and direct action calls.
I took a meandering path through my undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies, concentrating my studies in environmental philosophies, environmental humanities and art practices (thinking especially about materiality practices in art and environmental impacts), and am always deepening my learning. I am curious about restoration ecology, permaculture, anticolonial methodologies, bioregionalism, various healing modalities, fermentation, mushroom identification, abolition, woodworking,
I love doing projects with artistic intentions in a huge range of mediums, including charcoal, collage, acrylic, mosaic, textile, natural building, weaving, sculpture, paper mache, ink, and on and on! I love music and the community and connection it brings with it, and most recently have worked in as a bartender in a small music venue and feel so blessed to have participated in cultivating a space that brings in band for their first ever show, local bands that are building their following, touring bands that are trying to make it and surprisingly big indie names. I love films, especially 70s dystopian and sci-fi with those old time special effects, and have a few visions for films I would like to make someday such as: strange dreamworld large puppet films, or a script dialogue written only from excerpts my angsty journals from when I was 17 and 18. I also adore books and the worlds they offer a dive into, the knowledge they provide access to and am a big believer in giving books away when I think it is time for someone I know to have it in their life.
I hold deep appreciation for the times of immense growth in my life and for the friends who have taught me to verbalize emotion, insecurity, fear, and love. So much of that has come from meeting people who have been shaped by different contexts and finding our connection points through varied lives.
I am open and hardworking and would absolutely love to be a part of the communities wonderful folks are cultivating with intention, respect for the land and creatures with whom we share space and habitat with, and connection with each other's humanity and experience of these lives.
Interests
Sustainability
Writing
Van life
Plant care
Nature
Performing arts
Politics / Social justice
Music
Movies & TV
Languages
LGBTQ
Hiking
Gardening
Farming
Events & social
Drawing & painting
Dancing
DIY & crafts
Culture
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Camping
Animals
Books
Art & design
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Able to teach about:
Gardening
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Art Projects
More details about your skills
I can communicate in several languages, am a hard worker, a quick learner, and always have a positive attitude.
I have worked in tourism, hospitality, food service and bartending,
Age
26
What else ...
I'm a quick learner and will always work hard so even if I don't currently have the skills you are looking for, I can pick them up quickly if you are willing to teach me!
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
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