2022 – MSW – University of Southern California: Adult Mental Health & Wellness; Maryland LMSW #29674
2008 – MA – Goddard College, Individualized Studies: Pilgrimage (creative writing, ethnography & autoethnography, comparative religion, consciousness studies, cultural studies, and anthropology)
1998 – BM – Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University: Flute Performance
Professional development / mentorship / training / initiation:
2023 – 2024 – Entering the Healing Ground: Grief Ritual Training (Francis Weller)
2023 – Certificate in Somatic Embodiment & Regulation Strategies (Linda Thai)
2023 – 2024 – Soulful Life: Facing the World with Soul (Francis Weller)
2022 – present – The work of Michael Meade: mythology, storytelling, and the role of mythic imagination in personal and cultural change
2022 – present – Internal Family Systems (Richard Schwartz, Bonnie Weiss)
2022 – Healing the Legacy of Historical & Transgenerational Trauma (Linda Thai)
2022 – Creative Writing & Ancestral Connection, Abbey of the Arts (Christine Valters Paintner)
2021 – present – The work of Francis Weller: grief/loss as initiation; the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and ritual practices; mythology, alchemy, indigenous wisdom, and soulful community building
2019 – St. Mary’s By The Sea – Silent Retreat w/ Spiritual Direction, New Jersey
2019 – Death of Carolyn Anne Worley Mullins, Angela’s mother
2019 – Hospice of the Panhandle, West Virginia, volunteer training
2016 – present – The Work That Reconnects and Joanna Macy’s legacy: spiritual activism; ritual practices; systems theory; deep ecology; sustainable community; grief work; and the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and culture. Completed Facilitator Development Program in 2017-2018
2017 – 2018 – Completed Ancestral Lineage Healing Practitioner Training Program; Certified Ancestral Healing Practitioner through Ancestral Medicine
2017 – Blue Ridge Hospice, Virginia, volunteer training
2017 – Q’ero Initiatory Rites with elders Don Agustin & Dona Benita, Peruvian Andes
2016 – Malidoma Patrice Somé: Ancestralization 5-day Ritual Intensive, North Carolina
2016 – Death of Buford Lewis Mullins, Angela’s father
2016 – Plant Medicine Dieta with Don Bechin, Peruvian Amazon
2016 – Pilgrimage to Q’ero Nation with Don Agustin, Dona Benita, and Santos Machacca Apaza, Peruvian Andes
2016 – Q’ero Initiatory Rites with Don Agustin & Dona Benita, Peruvian Andes
2015 – present – Mentorship with elders Don Agustin & Dona Benita of Q’eros Nation, Peruvian Andes
2015 – Plant Medicine Dieta with Javier Regueiro, Peruvian Andes
2015 – Rite of the Womb Initiation; Pisac, Peru
2014 – Pilgrimage to Peru
2014 – Munay-Ki Initiation; Pisac, Peru
2013 – Pilgrimage to Peru
2009 – Pilgrimage to Peru
2008 – present – Mindfulness/Vipassana Meditation, ongoing study with Tara Brach and the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (Washington, DC)
2008 – 2020 – Mentorship with Javier Regueiro, Peruvian Andes
2008 – 2019 – Mentorship with Diego Palma, Peruvian Andes
2008 – 2011 – Nonviolent Communication, various trainings and mentors
2007 – 2008 – Pilgrimage to Peru, seeking initiation
2006 – Pilgrimage to Paris
2006 – Pilgrimage to China and Tibet
2005 – 2009 – Usui Reiki Master mentorship and training with Carolyn Shanti Hatt
2005 – Pilgrimage to Peru and Bolivia
2004 – Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage, Northern Spain (from St. Jean to Finisterre)
