Your Guide to Relocating to the Pacific Northwest

Relocating from a distance means making major decisions without being able to just drive around on a Saturday.
 
I built my process around that reality.
 
We start with a strategy call to get aligned on your orders, timeline, and priorities. From there I handle the research: neighborhoods matched to your commute route, gate access, schools, and community feel.
 
For clients who can't be here in person, I do custom video walkthroughs that go beyond what listing photos show you.
 
I can walk you through VA loan options and connect you with lenders who know how to work with military buyers. 
 
Throughout the process, you get a clear timeline built around your schedule and someone checking in before, during, and after move-in to make sure nothing gets dropped.

What It's Like to Work With Me

 

Relocation has a lot of moving parts, and my job is to hold them together so you don't have to.
 
You'll get regular check-ins, clear timelines, and direct answers, whether you're navigating VA financing, picking a neighborhood, or coordinating a move around incoming orders.
I'm also a full-spectrum doula, and that work shapes how I show up in real estate.
 
I've guided people through birth, loss, and end-of-life transitions, which means I know how to hold space for the hard parts of a major move without losing track of the practical ones.
 
Pacing, clarity, and emotional honesty are built into how I work.

Most of my relocation clients come in with a tight timeline and a lot of unknowns.

 

We start by building a plan that makes sense for your specific situation, not a generic checklist, but something that accounts for your situation, your family, and what actually matters to you about where you land.

I live and work here. I know the neighborhoods, the commute realities, the school differences, and which areas feel welcoming to military families and newcomers.
 
That local knowledge, combined with someone who genuinely understands the PCS experience, is what I bring to every relocation I work on.
A Personal History of Moving, Serving, and Starting Over
That's me, age 6.
I had just come home from school and I was exhausted.
My room was already packed up so I found a little place to rest, snuggled next to one of the many cardboard boxes that held our belongings.
But my military and moving experience didn't start there.
It began at age two, when my dad joined the Army. From that moment forward, service became the backdrop of our lives.
I spent my childhood on Army posts in California, Oklahoma, Alabama, Colorado, Hawai‘i, and eventually ended up back in Oregon when he transitioned from active duty to the National Guard. My dad served as an enlisted Airman, then a warrant officer, and later a commissioned officer for the Army—so I witnessed the lifestyle from multiple perspectives.

Before enlisting myself, I spent some of my high school years traveling back and forth from Oregon to the Pentagon to visit him while he was stationed there. Later, I joined the Air Force myself, completed training in San Antonio and tech school in Biloxi, and then served at Tinker AFB in ground communications.

After separating, I continued life as a military spouse at Tinker AFB, OK and then McChord AFB, WA, raising children and navigating the realities of military spouse life. I was an at home mom, raising the kids and wondering when the next deployment was coming. 
This breadth of experience—child, airman, spouse—gives me a rare, layered understanding of what military families face and what kind of support actually makes a difference.

A few additional military facts about me:

  • When I signed my paperwork to join the Air Force, I was carrying on 100 years of tradition with family in the military.
  • I have a family member in every war since the Spanish-American war and a family member in every branch of the military (other than the Space Force).
  • I have photo slides and the original camera my grandfather carried around while stationed in Korea during the war. A German Voigtländer.
My brother and dad
Basic Graduation, 1997