She is a long-time educator, with many years teaching in public schools. She currently works to bring restorative practices to humans and ecosystems in her communities in Livingston, Montana and Berkeley, California; in one place listening to the cries of wild geese, and in the other, to the intriguing mix of dialects spilling onto urban streets. She is the author of Picturing Restorative Justice. Her work has appeared in CounterPunch, Adanna Literary Journal, Chrysalis, and Albatross Poetry Journal, among others.