In 2020, I learned about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and—after a brief period of denial—everything made sense for the first time.

I had spent years unable to account for the paradoxes that shape who I am:

• a prize-winning Harvard & Yale graduate, with no desire for a “normal” career;

• an accomplished singer, once beset by intractable vocal dysfunction;

• a committed Christian, drawn to interfaith ministry outside the Church;

• one who loves all people, yet questions all systems.

In 2023, I was professionally diagnosed as autistic + ADHD (“AuDHD”), confirming what I had already known for over 2 years.

By unashamedly proclaiming my autistic identity, I seek to make the world ever more embracing of difference in all its forms.

If you’d like to hear me expand on this, I’m available to give talks, both sacred & secular, about how I see the world though a neurodivergent lens.