Bio

A Conduit of change

Rooted in an inventive legacy—her grandfather pioneered latex paint—Cass followed in her family's footsteps, spending more than three decades as an entrepreneur, changemaker, and visionary. She combines sharp business acumen with innovation, strategy, and compassion, consistently challenging the status quo to create new models of excellence.

Raised in Seattle, Washington, in a family of progressive intellectuals, Cass developed a deep respect for research, education, and critical thinking. She watched her mother pioneer cooperative learning within the educational system, learning early that with vision, commitment, and evidence, meaningful change is possible.

Her childhood, however, was marked by contradiction. While surrounded by opportunity, life at home was often unpredictable. Her family struggled with perfectionism, depression, addiction, disordered eating, and abuse. A deeply sensitive and intuitive child, Cass absorbed not only her own pain but the suffering of those around her. Growing up as a queer child in the 1980s and attending a predominantly Black elementary school gave her an early understanding of what it means to live outside the norm. Those experiences became the foundation of her lifelong commitment to inclusivity, compassion, and human potential.

A gifted athlete with a family legacy of dancers, movement became both refuge and teacher. Dance instilled in her a profound awareness of the body—an understanding that would later become central to her life's work.

Cass spent nearly twenty years as a commercial photographer, traveling the world and working with high-profile clients. At the height of her career, she made the uncommon decision to walk away, driven by a desire to address gender bias in the workplace and pursue work with more meaningful impact.

Shortly thereafter, her life took an unexpected twist. Within a few months, she lost nearly everything that had defined her identity—her career, her partnership, and her beloved dog. What followed was a nine-year journey of healing, self-discovery, and spiritual awakening. Through that process, she confronted the unconscious patterns formed in childhood, learned to trust intuition over force, and discovered a new understanding of leadership rooted in awareness, compassion, and the wisdom of the feminine.

Today, Cass's mission is to help adolescents move beyond perfectionism, unhealthy patterns, and fleeting cultural pressures. She teaches them how to cultivate self-awareness, access their intuition, and align with their highest potential. Through Flow Science Training™, they develop the capacity to understand themselves, contribute meaningfully to their communities, and create lasting flow, resilience, and purpose in their lives.