ABOUT KINDER CO.Understanding children doesn't always
come from raising them.
Sometimes it comes from choosing them,
over and over, for nearly 15 years.
I'm not a parent. I'll tell you that upfront because you deserve to know who you're working with. Who I am is someone who has spent nearly 15 years immersed in child development by genuine calling. The conflicting advice, the guilt, the moments where nothing seems to be working — I've sat with dozens of families inside all of it. My perspective isn't "I've been there." It's something different: deep, deliberate expertise in how children develop, and a total absence of judgment about how you're doing it.
I have spent over 10 years working in child development — studying behavior and neuroscience, supporting families, and learning what actually moves the needle when it comes to raising kids. Children have been my calling for as long as I can remember. That pull toward understanding them — really understanding them — led me to two graduate degrees, years of work in schools, homes and clinical settings, and a deep conviction that most parents are doing far better than they think.
For most of that time, that work happened inside institutions. Then one conversation changed things. A parent — exhausted, overwhelmed, doing everything right by the books and still struggling — just needed someone to sit down with them and say: here's what's actually going on, and here's what to try. No referral. No waitlist. No jargon. Just real, practical help from someone who knew what they were talking about.
That's what kinder co. is. A translation. Ten-plus years of child development expertise, distilled into workshops, conversations, and resources that real families can actually pick up and run with — starting today.
I am based in Tacoma, WA, and I work with families across the greater Pacific Northwest — from Olympia to Seattle and everywhere in between. My background spans behavior observation and analysis, organizational development, and elementary education, which means I understand not just how kids behave, but why — and how to build the kind of family systems that actually hold up in real life.
Children have always been where my work feels most purposeful. That sense of calling is part of what makes my approach different — I'm not here by accident, and I'm not doing this halfway. No judgment. No agenda.
There's no shortage of parenting content out there. What's harder to find is content that's grounded in actual child development science, delivered without judgment, and useful before naptime ends.
That's the standard I hold every workshop, conversation, and resource to.
