Shannon is a ritualist, dancer, facilitator, traveler, administrator and lifelong student. She holds a BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase and has taught contemporary dance techniques, authentic movement, and contact improvisation and served as Co-Founder / Co-Director of MA Dance. Her passions have evolved to include consciousness studies from around the world whose maps have informed her perspective on healing trauma in the sacred body. As an activist, Shannon has found a calling working for the water.  She has participated in Global Water Dances since 2013, contributed to Passionate Waters events and most recently founded Women of the Water, an organization dedicated to supporting the international efforts of those rising up to work for the water - including water walkers and well tenders - giving special attention to women finding their voices in leadership.  For six years, she has been dedicated to visiting sacred sites in Ireland and throughout Europe as part of the emerging field of research into Re-Indigenization of those of European descent. Since 2016, Shannon has been on the team of the Center for Earth Ethics which bridges indigenous wisdom, ecological ministry and environmental justice into a moral framework to address the climate crisis. She finds the place of art, spirituality and ecology to be one of the most fulfilling marriages in her life.