Jewish life, education and experiences are and have been significant priorities for all of my life beginning when I was a young child at home, at my synagogue school, Gratz College High School (Philadelphia, PA), teaching Sunday School, as an adult in continuing adult ed and as a member, leader and volunteer in many Jewish organizations and charities in the Washington, DC area. In 2013 I was introduced to Rabbi Nadya Gross and Wisdom School: Secrets My Grandmother Told Me, which has led (and is still leading) to some of the most transformative experiences of my life. Studying with Reb Nadya and my exposure to Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Renewal Judaism jump-started my longings as a seeker of spiritual wisdom. I have come to understand and practice Jewish life, tradition and wisdom in ways I never knew before Wisdom School. In 2023 I laboriously learned to chant Torah and proudly celebrated my Bat Mitzvah, an accomplishment my mother had modeled for me when she had her Bat Mitzvah in her 70’s.

In my professional life I was a commercial real estate attorney at several major Washington, DC and national law firms. I had a thriving practice with prominent local and national real estate developers and lenders and participated in the redevelopment and growth of office complexes and business centers throughout the city, many with an historic preservation emphasis.

I am also a loving wife, mother, aunt, cousin, and friend, an enthusiastic gardener and devotee of nature and the outdoors throughout all of the seasons, a cook, an avid reader, a knitter, a fused glass artist, and simultaneously, a dreamer, a realist and a cock-eyed optimist, which I believe is the only way I can get through these times. I like to be at the shore or in the woods and I embrace creativity and beauty.