Hi, I’m Mimi.
I’m an award-winning writer, nonprofit leader, and narrative strategy coach & consultant.
I’m passionate about re-centering marginalized voices and helping organizations and other BIPOC & diasporic leaders tell the stories that most need to be heard.
I believe in the transformative power of stories, and that the most potent ones start from where we dream, feeding the symbolic life of communities of resistance. In the words of author & psychologist Mary Watkins, such stories are “incubated, remembered, shared, and performed, connecting people through the regenerative spring of imagination so that its waters can feed the roots and vision of the community.”
As a narrative strategist and story coach, I help leaders and organizations in movement spaces tell stories for justice, healing, and liberation.
My work with clients is rooted in wholeness and the decolonizing, liberatory power of narrative. I believe that telling the stories we’re longing to share—whether it’s a personal narrative, a theory, a framework, or a work of speculative fiction that expands our imaginations—has tremendous power to transform ourselves and our communities, and to feed our collective “roots and vision.”
1:1 coaching on writing and creative process. For BIPOC & diasporic leaders who have a story to tell.
Intro workshops and in-depth writing courses. For BIPOC & diasporic leaders who have a story to tell and who are seeking creative community.
Capacity building and training for ethical story gathering. For organizations fighting for justice and equity.
“Mimi’s orientation is towards justice and truth-telling, cutting through the pressures of production to the heart of the creative matter. Mimi understands how crucial it is to address the somatic effects of oppression in opening up the telling of our own stories and opening pathways for the creative process. She brings so much clarity, groundedness, and compassion to the work. I have benefited tremendously from her coaching and mentorship and continue to reflect on lessons learned in our sessions.”
“Mimi’s fierce commitment to honoring a narrator’s voice and perspective, her passion for movement-based storytelling, and the deep humanity and generous spirit she embodies made her a joy to work with over the course of our organizations’ long partnership. ”
“Mimi approaches her work with great clarity of purpose and deep generosity of spirit. I highly recommend working with her to anyone who has the opportunity.”
