For six years, I lived and worked at a boarding school in India — not as a teacher, but as a dorm parent to boys between 10 and 18. I ate with them, navigated conflicts with them, called their parents across time zones, and watched what happened when kids had too much pressure and not enough grounding. That experience taught me more about children and families than any textbook could.

I came back to the US, built a career in tech and AI, and became a father. When my daughter started at a Waldorf kindergarten and my wife and I discovered Kim John Payne's work, something clicked. I trained as a Simplicity Parenting coach because I wanted to do directly what I'd spent years doing indirectly — help parents find their footing.

I'm based in Portland, OR and work with families everywhere.