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Interview on How to Make Love Podcast

I am an experienced leader with expertise in education and racial equity consulting

I started my career as a classroom teacher, teaching middle and high school math for ten years. I have been a teacher leader, a nonprofit leader and board member, and a central office leader. I know K-12 education from multiple vantage points and can provide informed and balanced thought partnership on issues facing school and systems leaders.

 

I am a servant leader, driven by a life-long passion and pursuit of social justice

Throughout my entire life, both personally and professionally, I have imagined and advocated for a more liberated world. I champion diversity, inclusion, and equity, and I fight for justice. As a trained equity leader, I place equity at the center of all decision-making to create sustainable organizational change. 

 

I am a connector and organizer, with a natural ability for creating belonging

I am a strong communicator and deep listener with experience working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, including students and families, district and school leaders, C-level suite executives and funding partners. I bring diverse voices to the table and center the voices of the most impacted to design solutions to challenges.

 

I am a coach and cheerleader for those on their path to transformation

As a certified coach, I ask the questions that pave the way for clarity, courage, and confidence in my clients. I believe in the wholeness and wisdom within each of us. I feel deeply and love expansively. I trust in the power of connection to transform individuals and community. I create space for others to open their hearts, minds, and communities for liberation. 

Testimonials

  • "Miki is someone I cherish greatly, both as a coach and a human being. I had the luck of getting coaching from Miki at an extremely hard time in my life, and working with her allowed me to zoom out and to approach the situation I was facing — which felt utterly unbearable at the time — with more measured discernment and wisdom. During our time together, Miki was able to gently guide me towards reconnecting with internal resources I'd forgotten — such as my joy, my humor and my playfulness. What a treasure this was. Even the payment options Miki offered when she coached me (which included sliding scale rates and the possibility of bartering) demonstrated the deep integrity and commitment to equity, justice and liberation that Miki so deeply and gracefully embodies."

  • "To be in beloved community with Miki - professionally or personally - means that you will be enveloped in abundant love. It means that you will be seen, and it means that you will be heard. Miki is a highly skilled coach who will create a loving incubator that will allow you to go from doing to being. She will guide you on a journey of inquiry and deep discovery. It is an honor to work with someone who brings so much whole-heartedness, courage, and joy to liberatory work."

  • "MIki is a true partner. Her open heart allows her to take in the needs of her colleagues and clients with deep compassion and curiosity. She is focused on the full experience that will allow people to thrive and you feel her connection to you the entire way. Working with Miki is like having someone care for your vision the way that only you would and helping you dream it and realize it with deep care. Miki is an outstanding partner and consultant who thinks of what you need before you do. I couldn't ask for a better partner."

  • "Miki is one of the most genuine and caring spirits I have ever been in loving community with. She listens and feels deeply, empathizing and holding space, while simultaneously showing up as her full self - unapologetically sharing her emotions, sharp intellect, joy, and hopes for the future. Miki was in the founding cohort of the Nexus Fellowship with The Equity Lab, and the energy she brought to her study of self and how through her own transformation and liberation she could be a vehicle and partner for the transformation and liberation of others is profound. She is constantly learning and growing, and anyone garnering the pleasure of being in her company can't help but do the same. I love Miki."

  • "Working with Miki is a joy. She brings incredible attention to detail, a contagious spirit, and creativity in everything she does. She also has a depth of knowledge and experience that she draws upon and contributes whether she is in the front of the room or holding the backend details. She is calm under pressure and has high emotional capacity to hold whatever is present in the moment."

  • "Miki centered wholeness in my sessions with her, being unafraid to invite the vastness of my identity into the sessions. Through my work with her, I was brought into conversation with my highest-self. Her compassion and attentiveness inspired a kind of courageousness and vulnerability in me that I didn't think were possible. In just a few sessions, I had begun to feel a shift, though the work continues, I am more hopeful than I've been in a long time that I can experience the peaceful and happy life I've always dreamt."

  • "Miki's presence is one of generosity, compassion, love and playfulness. She is deeply committed to valuing connections and relationships - knowing the stronger the trust and connection in relationships, the more that is possible. I feel privileged, inspired and thrilled to be working towards equity and liberation alongside Miki - through coaching and group activities."

  • "I have been through several different therapists over the years, searching for ways to better myself. This isn’t a therapy that I got from Miki, it was something more profound. She really allows you to be yourself, gives thoughtful advice and techniques, and is firm in her observations. She has particularly been helpful during the stressful times we live in. It’s not the techniques or words that I remember, it’s her undying compassion, understanding, and attitude that made this a revelatory experience for me. I hope everyone reading this gets a chance to work with her. It WILL be beneficial."

  • "Miki has been a powerful presence…an unwavering example of operationalizing anti-oppression values in a learning environment. I look to her for inspiration and think that she is an amazing coach."

  • "Miki is a natural coach who has the incredible quality of making space for others to show up as their full selves and be celebrated. She is deeply committed to anti-racist work, both personally and professionally, and is also passionate about education and enhancing the experiences of students, particularly those who are most marginalized."