40, childfree, activist, meditator, sometimes yogi, environmentalist, avid reader, spiritual existentialist..... I love animals, helping to empower and connect others, teaching, biology, walking, cooking, creating art, dancing, music, photography. I am most grateful for my health, the earth, friends, animal kids, and extended family. It makes my day to see a wild animal. It is my life goal to speak on behalf of the well being of animals, and especially factory farmed animals, whose plight is particularly painful. I revel in those moments when my mind is quiet and I just am. I love this world! Vegan for pro-animal reasons. Raised with a strong sense of connection to the land, officially Quaker, and functionally Buddhist, Taoist, and earth mama!