If identity is on the table, I’m proudly Blasian—Black, Filipino, and raised in Okinawa, Japan. I grew up in a blended American/immigrant family and married my high-school best friend who went on to serve 26 years in the U.S. Army. That meant a dozen moves, more reinventions than I can count, and a career path that zigged, zagged, looped, and occasionally face-planted.

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Military life wasn’t glamorous, but it taught me grit, curiosity, and how to build real relationships fast. I’ve done a little of everything—human resources management, small business consulting for 200+ start-ups, teaching higher ed business and psychology programs, creating a footwear company that failed to launch, and eventually earning my PhD in I/O Psychology. Each chapter has offered up a front-row seat to what makes humans and systems thrive under pressure.

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In 2014 I launched CaPeesh Consulting Inc., blending leadership development, coaching, somatics, mindfulness, and trauma-informed support. Then, in 2019 I was trained by and work alongside Dr. Brené Brown delivering Dare to Lead™ curriculum as part of transformation work. Living into that body of work has shaped new depths of my life as much as my clients’—especially while raising a teen in today’s world.

 

Three decades in the "field", here’s what I know: even the most high-functioning humans hit a limit. Our impact dips when we forget to rest, reconnect, and remember that we are so much more than what we do. That truth sits at the heart of my work.​​