About Em
Em (they/them) is a white, queer, non-binary community herbalist, gender-affirming voice teacher, farmer, singer, and medicine maker. They grew up in Qualicum Beach on unceded Qualicum, Snaw-naw-as and K’ómoks First Nations territory and their ancestry is French, Irish and German. Em grew up spending lots of time in the garden and forest, but only started building deeper relationships with plants when chronic illness came knocking, and they realized they wouldn’t be receiving the support they needed from the medical system.
Em’s herbal training began with self study, local plant walks, and a beginner herbalism weekend with the Wild Seed School in 2016. By 2018 they were deep in the weeds and started Ravensong Seeds & Herbals 9-month apprenticeship program, after which they swiftly moved to the island, started an internship, and spent the next two years on the farm - making and bottling medicine, growing herbs, collecting and processing seeds, and generally immersing themself in the world of plants.
Seeking to dive deeper, they enrolled in the year-long Community Herbalist Program with Now and Then Herb School in 2023, and since then have been continuing their education and learning about gender-affirming herbal support through trainings with Ayelet Hashachar and Ember Peters.
Em approaches herbalism through the lens of their lived experience living with fatigue, chronic pain, frequent illness and lowered immunity. As a community herbalist, Em is here is to offer support, validation, resources, knowledge, and care. They are here to offer herbal and holistic invitations, while also reminding people of ways in which they are already taking care of themselves. As a white settler on stolen land, Em actively works to unpack their privilege and learn about how they can further decolonize their approach to medicine and their plant kin. They believe no one is free until we are all free, and their politics and values very much inform their herbal practice.
Elsewhere you can find Em making and formulating medicine as Moonseed Herbals, and teaching singing and gender-affirming speech lessons through Sweet Flag Voice Studio. Em also loves being creative with textiles, and performs as a vocalist in a variety of projects.
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