I am running for the board of BMCA because BMC® is an increasingly important part of my life, and I would like to be involved in supporting the health of the organizing body that keeps us in community. I value the research that is shared through the newsletters, forums, and Currents journal, and the recent online gathering was invigorating for my movement practice. The perspective I bring is of an artist and teacher in the rural southeastern United States. I grew up working-class, the child of a mechanic and a high-school teacher, and now I am an academic at a University. In this position, I do a lot of listening to connect to students with backgrounds similar to and very different from my own. Additionally, serving on the BMCA board interests me because I would like the experience of working administratively in a Body-Mind Centering® kind of way.