Hello and welcome to my corner of the internet. I’m glad you found me. My name is Andrea Sexton Dumas: Death Doula, Grief Gardener, sensitive soul, storyteller and animist. My pronouns are she/her; you can call me Andrea (pronounced On-dray-uh), Drea or Dre. I am a Black, bi-racial cis female; additional aspects of self include my relationships as sister, niece, wife, aunt, friend, dog and cat caretaker.

I was born on and currently live on traditional, stolen Lisjan Ohlone land, known as Oakland-SF Bay Area in Northern California. The ancestral languages spoken here are Miwok and Chechenyo. As my relationship with this land deepens, this exchange invites me to learn more and more about the original inhabitants, human and other-than-human, and align myself to the land, air, water and space here.

I feel deeply, laugh loudly, and cry often. My heart is usually wide open, soft and squishy, yet my tongue can be sharp. Sometimes I cuss.

Formal credentials include:

- Clinical Certification as a Hypnotherapist from Hypnotherapy Clearing House (HCH), Lafayette, CA

- M.A. in Literature and B.A. in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, California State University, Long Beach

- Going with Grace End-of-Life graduate

My most poignant training and life-long mentorship comes through my paternal grandmother, Mother Dumas. Over the years I've been guided and supported by a wide host of teachers, aunts, cousins, friends, books and experiences, and a wide host of more than human beings and ancestors.

Less formally, I’m an Introvert, HSP, Capricorn sun + ascendant and Virgo moon.

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If you’d like to tip-toe into grief tending rituals, you’re most welcome to join Candle Hour,

a free online vigil on or around the New Moon of each month.