Culture wars. Deconstruction. Polarization. Sometimes following Jesus can feel so exhausting and costly. I’m here to help.

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As a teen, I was the first one in my household to start following Jesus. A few months later I found out you can tell others about Jesus AS A JOB and I bugged the Lord until He agreed it was a good way to spend my life. From the time I learned to speak God, I was speaking to others about His goodness.

Following Jesus has been a WILD ride so far. I love preaching and empowering others. I’ve done that across the US in youth groups, churches, and at conferences, camps, and retreats. Along the way, I earned my master of Divinity and certificate in missional innovation from Duke Divinity School, where I annoyed a lot of my classmates by clinging to the historic and bright faith of the global church. They must have seen the redemptive edge in me though because I was voted most likely to go to for prayer by my class.

In undergrad, I was the state coordinator for the Alabama Campus Prayer Network, where I had the joy of leading 12 colleges and universities across Alabama and represented Alabama nationally through Campus America and the Luke18Project. After graduation, I went into full-time youth ministry for seven years and it was the joy of my life. In 2020 after a decade of dreaming, praying, and planning, I was commissioned to start Pioneers Church. I also started Pioneers Durham which is a social enterprise that empowers 100 small businesses to thrive through a cafe, marketplace, coworking space, and events venue.

I’m a wife to my best friend and ministry partner, Daniel, who is my favorite pastor and worship leader. Together we parent two dream-come-true-miracles-in-real-life girls, Adalena Rey, and Acadia Grove. We have a dog that I don’t love and a cat that I do love, which is quite a reversal because I don’t like to think of myself as a cat person but I do like to think of myself as a dog person. I live on 22 amazing acres with ducks, a log cabin, and both of my parents-who-now-love-Jesus-and-are-remarried-to-eachother-after-divorce-and-miracle-reconcilation, Puerto Rican telenovela style. Yes, I’m Puerto Rican. It explains everything.

I’m creative, and always dreaming up new enterprises and ways to see the church thrive. Sometimes I doodle, sometimes I build things online, and sometimes I write. My entire personality is based on Smallville, and I fulfill the coffee-drinking stereotype of your best #girlpreacher.