“This was arguably one of the most impactful, engaging, and overall best classes that I've ever taken.”
— End of semester evaluation
Personal Leadership Development and Coaching
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In-depth, one-on-one coaching designed for leaders seeking clarity on their path and alignment with their broader vision. Participants engage in deep reflection and mirror work to identify strengths and areas for growth.
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Coaching packages can be purchased in bundles of 4, 6 or 12.
Sessions are 60 minutes.
Discounted pricing available for students and non-profits.
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Actively seeks personal and professional growth, demonstrating a commitment to social justice and meaningful community change.
Embrace self-exploration and introspection, engaging in deep reflection to clarify their leadership style and core values.
Foster brave spaces for growth, openly sharing personal experiences and challenges to support learning and connection.
Ready to step into a more impactful or aligned role or bring your work to a new level.
May feel stuck or at a crossroads, navigating a challenge, transition, or uncertainty in their career path and seeking support to move forward with clarity and purpose.
Training and Skill Building
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I offer small-group trainings designed to build essential leadership skills in the workplace. Each session is facilitated as a learning lab, encouraging participants to practice skills while sharing their experiences and insights. The focus is on power dynamics, collective responsibility, and shared decision-making.
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Finding Your Path
Navigating Conflict
Organizational Charter and Team Agreements
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Personal Development Skills
Creating Your Circle of Care
Boundary Setting
Fundamentals of Effective Management
Mindfulness Practices & Emotional Self-Regulation Techniques
(Not a comprehensive list). Trained over one thousand community members, workers, and students in these areas and more.
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I work with groups to design a training based on your group’s needs.
Experienced teacher at the graduate-level and trainer in community spaces.
Developed curriculum and learning arc for semester-long courses or day-long training.
Collaborative and respectful in co-facilitation roles.
Courses Taught: Civic Leadership, Diversity and Systems Thinking; Cultivating Leadership Capacity; Leadership in a Social Context, Leading Organizations and Change; Leadership & Team Performance. Taught 200 students in these (small group) semester long courses, including in-depth coaching, mentorship and leadership development. Consistently highest rated professor based on student evaluations.
Trainings Conducted: Labor 101; Understanding Power; Anti-Oppressive Facilitation Techniques; Giving & Receiving Feedback; Resiliency; Mindfulness Practices; Power Analysis & Strategy Framework; Aligning our Purpose with our Actions; Fundamentals of Effective Management; Navigating Conflict. (Not a comprehensive list). Trained over one thousand community members, workers, and students in these areas and more.
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Trainings available for skill building training (2 hours), half day (4 hours), and full day (6 hours). Rates vary based on organizational budget, number of attendees, and modality. Please contact me for more details on pricing.
Finding Your Path is a transformative training designed for individuals working toward justice who want to lead with greater clarity, intention, and care. Whether you're navigating a career shift, deepening your community commitments, or seeking grounding in turbulent times, this workshop will guide you in clarifying your role within the broader social change ecosystem. The training is a mix of personal reflection, embodied practice, and shared learning.
The Navigating Conflict training builds the skills and self-awareness needed to engage conflict with clarity, resilience, and intention. Through self-reflection, emotional regulation techniques, and practical frameworks for feedback and brave conversations, participants will learn to navigate difficult dynamics, encourage principled disagreement, and find productive pathways forward in challenging situations.
The Organizational Charter and Team Agreement training guides teams through a collaborative process to co-create shared agreements that foster openness, accountability, and collective care. Through interactive dialogue, cultural assessment, and goal-setting, teams will strengthen connections, identify key cultural anchors, and establish a foundation for actionable, mission-aligned commitments.
Two day training focused on conflict and de-escalation intended for helping professionals and those in the social change space, such as: front-line workers, managers, educators, community organizers, security personnel. This session will focus on developing individual capacity to navigate conflict through a blend of scenario practice, journaling, reflection, partner role-plays, and small group discussions.
The Giving and Receiving Feedback training equips participants with the skills to communicate feedback effectively, fostering a culture of learning, trust, and accountability. Through practical strategies for clear communication, emotional regulation, and navigating difficult conversations, participants will gain confidence in offering and receiving feedback in ways that strengthen relationships and drive meaningful growth.
Retreats
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I offer immersive, three-day retreats designed specifically for women and gender-expansive individuals engaged in mission-driven work within the social change space. These retreats provide a nourishing environment for participants to disconnect from daily responsibilities and reconnect with their personal goals and values.
Time to ground, relax and connect with others.
Professional headshots.
Activities to move your body and connect to the land.
Programming to support leadership discovery, growth and learning.
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I work closely with organizations to design and facilitate tailored workplace retreats. This process begins with surveying staff and leadership to understand needs and goals, followed by creating an agenda and implementing a forward-looking plan. Facilitation can be done independently or in collaboration with the organization’s core staff.
Needs assessment through surveys and interviews
Customized retreat agendas focusing on team building, strategic planning, or addressing specific challenges
Implementation of actionable plans post-retreat
Multi-Sector Project Management
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I manage justice-centered projects that bring together diverse stakeholders across sectors. My expertise lies in the early stages of project development, where I help identify challenges and map pathways forward. While I excel in executing campaigns and fieldwork, my level of authority and involvement as a consultant varies based on project needs.
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Project initiation and stakeholder engagement
Needs assessment and gap analysis
Development of project strategies and timelines
Ongoing support during project execution
testimonials.
“Andrea’s thoughtful and caring coaching practice helped me navigate a tough professional situation. She asked the right questions, helped me find clarity, and gave me the confidence to face the situation with purpose and honesty.”
— Coaching client
“Andrea's workshop on giving and receiving feedback helped me understand that there are many tools and skills for more effective, growth-oriented feedback. The scenario-based role-plays we did in this workshop allowed us to practice constructive conversations to address issues before they spiral out into larger tensions and conflicts.”
— Workshop evaluation
“Where to start. This course is so essential. I really appreciated learning about conflict resolution, practice of self awareness, models of leadership, change theories, resiliency, mediation, honestly the list continues. This course was the most well thought out and intentional I have taken so far at PGS towards building our skills in leadership and change.”
— End of semester evaluation
“The way that Andrea developed a story arc and narrative throughout the course was outstanding and really helped inspire and ground the learnings… The circle of awareness, acknowledgments, and appreciation that we did to close out the class really cemented our learnings and our growth in personal/community awareness and the practice of giving and receiving feedback, thank you for that opportunity!!!”
— End of semester evaluation
“Thank you, Andrea for your care, challenges, and support in our learning. It felt very equitable, very "wayfinding," as though you were the navigator, but you needed the rest of your ship to make it to our destination.”
— Workshop evaluation
"Andrea is one of the most inclusive, supportive, thoughtful, compassionate leaders and professors I've had the privilege to learn from."
— End of semester evaluation