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Surf Life Executive Coaching TM

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Surf Life Executive Coaching TM is my coaching practice dedicated to helping creative leaders and entrepreneurs transition to a life and business they love.  I meld my coaching with applied neuroscience, walking and surfing to create transformative experiences in service to my clients' personal and professional development. 
www.surflifecoaching.com


Brown Girl Surf TM
2012 - present

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Named in honor of Polynesia’s first female surfers, Brown Girl Surf TM is dedicated to building a more diverse women's surf culture by increasing access to surfing, cultivating community, amplifying the voices of women of color surfers, and taking care of the earth. www.browngirlsurf.com 


Surfing Possibility
2012 - 2013

Surfing Possibility is a series of short documentaries on the first surfer girls of India and Bangladesh produced by Storytellers for Good and Brown Girl Surf.  In 2015 Surfing Possibility: The Surfer Girls of India went viral receiving over 4 million views.

Surfing Possibility: The Surfer Girls of India from Brown Girl Surf on Vimeo.

Surfing Possibility: The Surfer Girls of Bangladesh from Brown Girl Surf on Vimeo.


The Grand Café
2002 - 2011

The Grand Café is an educational soap opera, or "telenovela,"  created to teach immigrant women with limited English skills how to start their own businesses.

I served as the creator and Executive Producer for the series from 2002 - 2011.  It was co-produced under C.E.O. Women, the non-profit I founded alongside with The Media Factory and Angelica Matsuno.  Below are the trailers from the series. 


C.E.O. Women
2000 - 2011

Creating Economic Opportunities for Women (C.E.O. Women) was a non-profit organization I founded and ran from 2000 - 2011, to address systemic poverty and lack of income mobility faced by low-income immigrant and refugee women in the San Francisco Bay Area. The mission of C.E.O. Women was to create economic opportunities for low-income immigrant and refugee women through teaching English, communications and entrepreneurship skills.

Upon winding down C.E.O. Women, we open-sourced some of our assets, including our entrepreneurship curriculum.  It is available here. 



What Inspires Me

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I am deeply inspired and influenced by the arts, sports and dance.   I went from being a member of the U.S. National Karate Team in my teens to a dancer of North Indian Kathak which I studied for 14 years.  I also study Tahitian Ori (dance).  I love using my body and movement to keep me balanced and able to manage stress.  

I love to surf.  I have found much happiness and empowerment in this sport via my connection to the ocean.  It has also taught me a great deal in terms of how to manage my fears, and what flow means.   I also LOVE to travel to surf and explore new cultures.  I believe anything is possible, and strive to help my clients discover their possibility in their businesses and in their lives!    


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