About Me
After many years in a corporate career, I reached a point where the disconnect between the way we live and the way natural systems actually work became impossible to ignore. What began as a quiet sense of unease gradually turned into a clear calling: to step away from extractive, high-pressure environments and move back towards something more grounded, resilient, and meaningful.
That shift led me to permaculture.
What started as personal learning quickly became a deeper commitment to understanding how soil, water, plants, and people interact as living systems. I became particularly drawn to regenerative design—approaches that don’t just reduce harm, but actively rebuild soil health, biodiversity, and long-term resilience. Through hands-on practice, study, and observation, permaculture offered a framework that made sense of both ecological principles and human needs.
Today, as a Permaculture Design Specialist and Team Leader, my role is to help translate those principles into practical, real-world applications. I focus on soil building, water harvesting, companion planting, and system design that works with natural patterns rather than against them. Equally important to me is collaboration—creating spaces where knowledge is shared, learning is continuous, and solutions are shaped collectively.
This work isn’t about returning to the past or rejecting progress. It’s about applying insight, experience, and systems thinking to create food systems and landscapes that are productive, adaptable, and deeply connected to the natural world. For me, permaculture is both a practice and a perspective—one that continues to guide how I lead, design, and live.