Learning and Research
These publications began as questions born from lived experience navigating systems of abuse, family court, neurological rehabilitation, and disability. Seeking to understand those experiences led me to years of independent study, civic education, and professional certifications in mediation, parenting disputes, and victim advocacy. Through organizations such as the Center for Self Governance and the Washington State Policy & Learning Center, those questions evolved into structured policy research and actionable proposals. While the experiences are personal, the institutions examined affect many individuals and families.
Family, Custody & Safety
An observational analysis examining patterns, bias, and decision-making within Washington's child safety system and their potential impact on children and families.
Open PDFExamines how unchecked judicial discretion and weak accountability in family court can undermine due process, child safety, and protections for survivors of abuse.
Open PDFArgues that Washington's "special set" family court system prioritizes discretion over due process, contributing to preventable failures that place children at risk.
Open PDFEvaluates how Washington's custody law reforms diverged from survivor-informed and evidence-based recommendations designed to strengthen child safety.
Open PDFExplores how Washington's Guardian ad Litem system grants significant quasi-judicial authority without the independent oversight expected of those exercising public power.
Open PDFExamines how Washington's family courts have created a private, fee-for-service therapy system that limits oversight, bypasses insurance protections, and increases financial burdens on families.
Open PDFProposes a restorative framework to acknowledge and help children harmed by systemic failures in Washington's family court while improving accountability and preserving judicial independence.
Open PDFExplores how legal immunity, privatized court actors, and broad judicial discretion can create systemic incentives that prioritize institutional protection over child safety and accountability.
Open PDFGovernance, Justice & Civil Rights
Argues that Washington's legal innovation pilot protects professional monopoly and delays public access to AI-assisted legal tools already being successfully deployed in other states.
Open PDFExplores how restricting access to real-time public safety information may shift the balance of power toward AI-mediated government narratives and away from independent public verification.
Open PDFExamines how judicial self-governance, delegated authority, and limited external oversight may alter Washington's constitutional balance of powers.
Open PDFQuestions whether broad litigation privilege can remain justified when judicial oversight, sanctions, and professional discipline no longer provide meaningful accountability.
Open PDFExplores how Congress can study and strengthen family court governance through oversight, data, and voluntary standards while respecting state authority over domestic relations.
Open PDFRequests federal civil rights leadership to examine structural due process, accountability, and equal protection concerns within Washington's family court system.
Open PDFHealth, Disability & Rehabilitation
Challenges the growing "cognitive extraction economy," arguing that human brains should be restored, not monetized, measured, and optimized for institutional gain.
Open PDFExplores how lighting regulations have transformed the marketplace without adequately considering the needs of people living with traumatic brain injury, migraine, autism, epilepsy, and other neurological conditions.
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