My Portland Give!Guide Picks for 2025: The Local Nonprofits I’m Showing Up For – Living Room Realty

Looking to buy? Whether you’re a design-savvy dreamer looking for that mid-century unicorn, an investor looking for a fixer-upper (or a 5-plex) to tear into, or a first-time buyer in need of a friendly guide, I’m an experienced negotiator with an eye for design and a knack for finding homes with “good bones.” I am on a mission to ensure you feel empowered and cared for throughout the entire home buying process.

Ready to sell? If you want to maximize your selling price, you’ve come to the right place! With a background in landscape/interior design and construction/project management, I have the tools to make your home shine. When it comes to capturing buyers’ attention, I go beyond the traditional (e.g. open houses, RMLS, etc.) – using cutting-edge tools and an outside-the-box strategy to build the hype. When it comes time to negotiate, my years of experience negotiating contracts means I stay calm under pressure and know what it takes to achieve YES. Like many people who work in real estate, I have a collection of past lives that inform how I show up. For most of my 20s and 30s (17 years), I worked as a union organizer/negotiator at the state and national level, helping workers across sectors and industries come together to become leaders in the fight for better wages and benefits, a voice in the workplace, and political power. I have been an entrepreneur, landscape designer and freelance florist and have extensive personal experience in home renovation and property management. In addition to working with buyers and sellers, I volunteer as the Integrity Chair of Living Room Realty’s Real Estate Advisory Group. In that role, I serve as Living Room’s broker representative for our B-Corp status. A portion of all my paychecks goes to Become an owner of PDXa community collective of contractors, real estate agents, neighbors and businesses that support Black homeowners to age in place, generate wealth and stave off the gentrification process by deterring predatory investors and real estate agents.

About me:

I was born in Memphis, raised in the Sonoran Desert (Phoenix) and have lived in the PNW since 2003. I identify as queer and use they/them pronouns. I’m married to sweethearts (i.e., I practice ethical non-monogamy) and nest with my husband, dog, and two cats in the Lents neighborhood of southeast Portland. I’m a people person, music nerd, avid gardener, and seed sower/organizer. Since coming to Portland in 2004, I’ve witnessed many iterations of the city. I am optimistic about the future here and excited about everything our region has to offer. Good food, close proximity to nature, an incredible local music scene, and an inclusive community are just a handful of the reasons I love this area. As your agent, I promise to show up as myself. I will work hard for you with patience, a good listening ear, professionalism and a crazy sense of humor. What you see is what you get, friends. And if we decide to work together, that’s the kind of authenticity I hope you feel comfortable showing too. Ready to make magic happen? Feel free to send me a text/email, or give me an old fashioned ring. I’m glad to meet you!

Land Acknowledgment and Mission Statement

As a real estate agent, the land I do business on is unceded Indigenous land. The Portland Metro area is on the ancestral lands of the Cowlitz, Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, Tualatin Kalapuya, Wasco, Molalla, Watlala, Bands of the Chinook and so many other nations that made this area their home. In addition to the federally recognized tribes mentioned, there are numerous “unrecognized” tribes and indigenous groups whose stories are also important.

I acknowledge the heritage, lives and descendants of these tribes, and acknowledge my role and responsibility as a guest on stolen land.

I am committed to using my voice and influence as a real estate professional (and as a human being) to actively contribute to a more just and equitable future that promotes dignity, respect, and reparation for the harm caused by systemic oppression, white supremacy, homophobia/transphobia, and exploitative capitalism.

If you can’t get behind all that. We’re probably not a good fit. 🙂