Hi, I’m Joy! I am a democratic educator and community strategist devoted to the sacred work of generosity

For over a decade, I have guided foundations, nonprofits, and public institutions in examining their histories, values, and relationships with money in ways that open the possibility for healing and flourishing.

My work draws on practices of listening, story, and participatory reflection, creating spaces where people can engage the deeper questions beneath how they live and give.

Rooted in a lifelong connection to early childhood education, I approach this work with a deep belief: that care, warmth, and relationship create the conditions for growth, healing, and possibility.

I hold a B.A. from New York University and an M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University, where I studied how learning, culture, and community shape the ways we grow, relate, and imagine new possibilities together.

In our work together, you are invited to:

• Reconnect with your values and inner knowing

• Examine your relationship to money, responsibility, and care

• Consider the role of generosity in repair, reciprocity, and community wellbeing

• Cultivate a practice of giving that is playful, grounded, and alive, making space for experimentation, learning, and the unexpected

Rather than offering prescriptive answers, I guide a process of curiosity and creativity. This process invites ongoing reflection and the unfolding of a generosity practice that is deeply your own.