Most of her life Monique has lived among trees at the end of a rural road in different parts of the world.

As a ecoshaper and environmental mentor, Monique supports women who want to transform their environmental grief and anxiety and make a difference. She helps women with self-care, resilience and care for nature.

After planting thousands of home-grown trees on their family farm in New Zealand, Monique draws on her practical nature restoration experiences to empower people to make small changes and take ongoing action on an individual and collective level. She works with the wisdom of trees, nature experiences, creative communications and holistic health approaches. She works with a local organization to help reforest called treesisters.com

She has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture; Graduate Diploma in Social Science with a distinction in Medical Anthropology; Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling.