I'm Gwen, a storyteller, creative strategist, and care practitioner specializing in psychedelic healing modalities.
“It’s hard to imagine having someone you don’t fully know be a part of something so special, so intimate, so hard, and all so wonderful, though Gwen never felt like a stranger. She was a key part of our birth story, and I am so thankful we found her.”
— Clients S + D
Offerings
Care Practitioner & Full-Spectrum Doula
My gift is holding space at life’s thresholds, the moments when old stories give way to new ones. As a trauma-informed meditation guide and MSW candidate at Columbia University in the psychedelic-assisted therapy program, I offer support for those navigating transformation.
Whether you're metabolizing rage into creative power, reclaiming your voice, or integrating non-ordinary states of consciousness, I work with art, somatics, and contemplative practice to help you remember what your body already knows. This medicine is for artists, women, weirdos, and those ready to break the cycles of generational harm.
All sessions are virtual and trauma-informed.
Creative Strategist
I guide creatives and mission-driven leaders, whether you're building a movement, launching a project, or translating your vision into compelling digital content.
Drawing from over a decade in photography and video production, political and legal advocacy campaigns, and documentary filmmaking, I support connecting your inner knowing to your outer expression.
I specialize in digital communications strategy that honors authenticity, brand development that avoids AI, and creative direction that serves your work while reaching your intended audiences and goals.
Portrait Photographer:
Modern Goddesses and Family Sessions
Whether you're stepping into your full Modern Goddess power or gathering your people close in an intimate family session, I utilize my camera as a witness, not a director.
Modern Goddess sessions are for anyone ready to be seen in their multitudes. Family mini sessions are intimate 30-minute portraits to document pregnancies, welcome new babies, or honor the ordinary and sacred moments of a life together. Both are opportunities to capture something eternal.
Now booking Modern Goddess portraits and family mini sessions September and October, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Training and Practice
Compassion-Based Resilience Teacher Training with Nandala Institute for Contemplative Science
National Sexual Assault Crisis Hotline Training with RAINN
Reiki Level 1 Training with Reiki Master Mariko Tamegai
2026
Candidate for MSW at Columbia University
Certified Meditation Teacher - Mindfulness & Compassion with The Path
Practitioner training cohort with Restorative Justice Initiative
2025
2024
Healing Circle Keeper training via ACLU’s EDIB program
2023
Director of Creative Services at ACLU
Multimedia Director at American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
2022
2021
Video Director & Consultant with Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Video Director - Biden-Harris Campaign and Presidential Transition Team
DONA Postpartum Doula course with Debra Pascali Bonaro
Understanding Trauma, a Workshop for Birth Workers with Tara Tonini
2020
Birth Photo Editing for Lightroom Masterclass with Birth Becomes Her
Full Spectrum Doula Training with Ancient Song Doula Services
2019
Essence of Birth Photography Course with Birth Becomes Her
Birth Film Workshop with Birth Becomes Her and Everyday Film School
2018
Graduate Certificate in Environmental and Occupational Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2017
2016
Childbirth Education Course with Birth Day Presence
2012
Post Production Manager and Format Innovation Producer with TED Talks
2010
Associate Producer with Frontline / PBS
Graduate Degree in Humanitarian Action from NOHA Europe Universities
Bachelor's Degree in Radio, TV, Film from University of North Texas