Sunset Companions

I am an INELDA-trained death doula since 2020, and a choreographer and performer in Philadelphia since 2007. As an artist, I believe dying is a creative space, and I bring the skills I developed as an artist to serve folks who are planning for their end of life and funeral, seeking ritual support during active dying, and grieving a loss (death or otherwise).

I am CARES certified in end-of-life care for dementia patients, am Reiki 2 certified, and have studied with Sacred Grief, Going with Grace, The Grave Woman, and the Centre for Sacred Deathcare.

I volunteer at Penn Medicine hospice, the VA Medical Center, and the PA Debt Collective. I have previously volunteered with Prevention Point after my sister and brother-in-law died of heroin overdoses.

I believe there is a systemic dysfunction in how dying people and their loved ones are served, and my work as a doula is to both fill in nonmedical gaps of support and to transform the system so that those gaps no longer exist, including supporting community deathcare.

I love creating rituals to mark important occasions. I love sitting with a dying person and listening to them reflect on their life. I am here for all that death is: awe-inspiring, terrifying, sad, and sacred.