Hi, I’m Victoria

I’m an Insight Meditation teacher based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I came to the Dhamma as a seeker in my twenties, navigating deep anger and long-standing depression. Nothing I tried seemed to ease that suffering—until I found myself at Spirit Rock for my first meditation retreat. Something shifted there. It wasn’t dramatic, but it was enough. I knew there was something in this path worth returning to.

Larry Yang was one of my earliest teachers, and I took every course he offered—from week-long retreats to a year-long Dhamma study program. Eventually, I was invited into the Community Dhamma Leadership program. I didn’t realize it was also a teacher training—I just wanted to support my teachers, not be one! But life kept nudging me forward.

After 20 years in entertainment ticketing, I left my job to attend a three-month retreat at IMS. That decision, fueled by a desire for deep practice, eventually (and unexpectedly) opened the door to teacher training at Spirit Rock. 

From that moment I traveled to practice in Thailand, Malaysia, and throughout the U.S. and then I said yes—reluctantly & humbly—to the role of teacher. 

I teach not from a place of mastery, but from deep practice and love for this path. I'm heart-based and faith-based—trusting in the possibility of awakening, in the teachings, and in community. I do my best to meet people where they are, especially when they’re trying—however imperfectly—to live the Dhamma in their everyday lives.