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đź“š OT Disruptors will be available at the Howard Zinn Book Fair this Sunday, December 7th at City College of San Francis...
12/05/2025

đź“š OT Disruptors will be available at the Howard Zinn Book Fair this Sunday, December 7th at City College of San Francisco Mission Campus!

✊🏾 Join us for We Take Care of Us: Global Resistance at the Intersections of Disability, Colonialism, and Community

đź“… 10:30am -12:00pm
đź“Ť Room 316

Across movements and borders, disabled communities of color have long resisted colonialism, racism, and ableism—not through institutions, but through each other. This panel shares global perspectives on what care looks like when systems abandon—or actively target—our communities.

Panelists will share stories where people have built liberatory forms of care with limited resources. We’ll explore how global disability justice movements are fighting co-optation, resisting supremacist systems, and reclaiming storytelling, culture, and healing as tools of resistance. This session is meant to spark action in building collective care grounded in resistance—not reform. It’s not about inclusion, it’s about liberation!

📚 Howard Zinn Book Fair - free admission and childcare
www.zinnbookfair.org

 

✊🏾 We Take Care of Us: Global Resistance at the Intersections of Disability, Colonialism, and Community📅 Sunday, Decembe...
12/03/2025

✊🏾 We Take Care of Us: Global Resistance at the Intersections of Disability, Colonialism, and Community

đź“… Sunday, December 7th - 10:30am -12:00pm
đź“Ť City College of San Francisco Mission Campus, Room 316

Across movements and borders, disabled communities of color have long resisted colonialism, racism, and ableism—not through institutions, but through each other. This panel shares global perspectives on what care looks like when systems abandon—or actively target—our communities.

Panelists will share stories where people have built liberatory forms of care with limited resources. We’ll explore how global disability justice movements are fighting co-optation, resisting supremacist systems, and reclaiming storytelling, culture, and healing as tools of resistance. This session is meant to spark action in building collective care grounded in resistance—not reform. It’s not about inclusion, it’s about liberation!

📚 Howard Zinn Book Fair - free admission and childcare
www.zinnbookfair.org

 

12/01/2025

📚 Howard Zinn Book Fair 
đź“… Sunday, December 7th
đź“Ť City College of San Francisco Mission Campus, 1125 Valencia

✊🏾 We Take Care of Us: Global Resistance at the Intersections of Disability, Colonialism, and Community
10:30am -12:00pm
Room 316

🆓 Free admission
đź’š Childcare provided
https://www.zinnbookfair.org

Across movements and borders, disabled communities of color have long resisted colonialism, racism, and ableism—not through institutions, but through each other. This panel shares global perspectives on what care looks like when systems abandon—or actively target—our communities.

Panelists will share stories where people have built liberatory forms of care with limited resources. We’ll explore how global disability justice movements are fighting co-optation, resisting supremacist systems, and reclaiming storytelling, culture, and healing as tools of resistance. This session is meant to spark action in building collective care grounded in resistance—not reform. It’s not about inclusion, it’s about liberation!

11/17/2025

đź“š Howard Zinn Book Fair
đź“… Sunday, December 7th
đź“Ť City College of San Francisco Mission Campus, 1125 Valencia

✊🏾 We Take Care of Us: Global Resistance at the Intersections of Disability, Colonialism, and Community
10:30am -12:00pm
Room 316

🆓 Free admission
đź’š Childcare provided
https://www.zinnbookfair.org

Impact over respectability, always.That truth guides my work and what I choose to build.I was asked to reflect on my jou...
09/25/2025

Impact over respectability, always.

That truth guides my work and what I choose to build.

I was asked to reflect on my journey and values—what shaped me, what I’ve had to unlearn, and why I keep pushing to close gaps in care. For me, it’s always been about community, impact, and building what people actually need.

Full interview in bio

08/25/2025

Humility isn’t often valued as a leadership skill. But it’s the foundation of systems that actually support people.

What could humility transform in the systems you’re part of?

👉🏾 If your organization is ready to explore how to build systems that truly support people, let’s chat: https://calendly.com/wellwrx/15

My session “Care as Resistance: Global Lessons for Liberation in Our Own Communities” was accepted to the . This year’s...
08/21/2025

My session “Care as Resistance: Global Lessons for Liberation in Our Own Communities” was accepted to the . This year’s theme is “Fight Supremacy: Actions Against Authoritarianism.”

From Palestine to Aotearoa, everyday acts of care are tools of resistance against global systems of oppression! This session will draw from my book Occupational Therapy Disruptors: What Global OT Practice Can Teach Us About Innovation, Culture, and Community, a collection of 16 first-person stories I authored after interviewing therapists across Palestine, Uganda, Haiti, Aotearoa, and beyond. In each, community members resist supremacist systems—settler violence, medical colonialism, and structural neglect—through culturally grounded care, often with limited resources.

The book was written in 2022, published November 2023. Every landmark and location described in Gaza has now been destroyed. When I was asked to write this book and accepted, I knew that Palestine had to be included and it was appropriate for the release to be dedicated to the people of Palestine. To date, all of my earnings from this book have been given back to our colleagues in Gaza, to fund their survival and provision of OT services for those that need it the most.

There’s a huge community to be grateful for making this timeless work possible, including for the invitation and honoring the words written.

🌿 Last week to vote! 🌿Help us bring Senses of Care to SXSW—reimagining care as a leadership strategy. With real tools, n...
08/18/2025

🌿 Last week to vote! 🌿

Help us bring Senses of Care to SXSW—reimagining care as a leadership strategy. With real tools, neuroscience, and cultural awareness, we’re helping leaders build systems that last. We believe leadership rooted in care can transform how we work and create together.

�🗳️ Vote here: https://tinyurl.com/SensesCare�
❤️ Tap the heart (1 second if you have an account, 2 minutes if not)

🌿 Last week to vote! 🌿Help us bring Senses of Care to SXSW—reimagining care as a leadership strategy. With real tools, n...
08/18/2025

🌿 Last week to vote! 🌿

Help us bring Senses of Care to SXSW—reimagining care as a leadership strategy. With real tools, neuroscience, and cultural awareness, we’re helping leaders build systems that last. We believe leadership rooted in care can transform how we work and create together.

🗳️ Vote here: https://tinyurl.com/SensesCare
❤️ Tap the heart (1 second if you have an account, 2 minutes if not)

08/07/2025

🌿 Help bring care-centered leadership to SXSW 2026 🌿

Our session Senses of Care is live for community voting!

We’re inviting leaders across industries—executives, founders, organizers—to explore how care, culture, and sensory awareness can become real tools for building sustainable, human-centered systems.

This isn’t about self-care. It’s about reimagining care as a leadership strategy—with neuroscience-backed tools and real-world strategies you can actually use.

You’ll leave with a practical, customizable toolkit—not just ideas.

🗳 Vote here: https://tinyurl.com/SensesCare�❤️ Takes 1 second if you have an account (just tap the heart)
⏱️ Less than 2 minutes to sign up and vote, if you don’t

If this resonates, please share—we’d love your support!

Tomorrow, Friday, is our last session of the season! 🌱As Shikor comes to a close for the season, we celebrate the streng...
07/17/2025

Tomorrow, Friday, is our last session of the season! 🌱

As Shikor comes to a close for the season, we celebrate the strength we’ve cultivated together. The deep roots of strength and support we’ve built will continue to ground and sustain us as we move forward.

​Shikor (Roots) is a peer wellness group for Pan Asian caregivers, community leaders/organizers, and helping professionals across the diaspora wanting to tend to our own needs and plant roots in a supportive community that nourishes us. Throughout this season, we will follow the lifecycle of a plant, starting as a seed to understand our own needs and growing to a tree with deep roots, knowing how to give and receive support sustainably. We will incorporate Expressive Arts, somatic and traditional healing, and open sharing.

​Join us weekly on Fridays @ 5 - 6 pm Pacific to exhale and let go of what you’ve been holding on to while taking in communal nourishment to sustain you

​We hope to see you there!

​Sign up for all events on https://lu.ma/amhp-shikor

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Early in my career, I learned to provide my patients with the highest level of care while working for top Bay Area hospitals, including Stanford Health Care, Sutter Health's Mills-Peninsula, and San Francisco VA Health Care System. As an occupational therapist, I treat both physical and mental health and address every area of a person's life.

In my experience as a clinical educator, while running an independent occupational therapy mental health clinic, and working in hospitals, I found the greatest gaps in care were in mental health and wellness. My focus is on helping individuals and professionals meet their personal goals to improve daily life and work performance.

My strategy is simple, celebrate all successes. Goals must be realistic and achievable to be met. Together we will meet your milestones step-by-step and build on your growth. All sessions are personalized, whether group or individual.