I hold rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where I was a Wexner Graduate Fellow, and where I focused in pastoral care, Tanach/Hebrew Bible, and midrash (otherwise known as Jewish fanfiction). I am trained as a chaplain to provide support to people of all backgrounds – religious or not.

In addition to providing independent spiritual care, I’ve worked in hospital, nursing home, and college campus settings, and led support groups for people living with chronic pain. I taught for three years at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva.

I’m the founder of the Disability Justice Torah Circle, a space rooted in queer, trans, and disabled community that provides community, learning, and spiritual support at the intersection of disability justice and Jewish tradition. I have been doing disability justice work for nearly 20 years, continually sharpening my understanding of how that lens shapes my commitments in the world.

My approach is informed by my own life experience. I’ve been visibly disabled all my life, and I also have personal experience with shifting abilities, as well as invisible disabilities like chronic pain. I lived with a significant speech disability until I was 29, and know what it’s like to be excluded because of communication differences. I’m nonbinary and queer. I’ve experienced community harm and medical abuse, and have supported many others navigating those same terrains.

I oppose systemic harm in all its forms, and strive to dismantle it in how I approach my work.