Mary Lou Trinkwon began her TT journey in 2015. She has been involved in TTNC committee work and is currently sitting on a TTIA Committee in a review of curriculum guidelines. Since 2019 she has actively participated in BCTTNS and is currently the Credentialing Chair. Mary Lou helped to support the Indralaya teaching team in pivoting to Zoom and has been teaching there since then. She has been a participant in the Montana Dialogues since 2019, and in 2023/24 developed and facilitated part of the programming. She is an active Hospice volunteer and has taught TT to other volunteers and provides mentorship support there. She has facilitated the Vancouver Practice Group since 2018.