If you’ve been recently diagnosed or identified as neurodivergent, you may be feeling a wide range of emotions- overwhelmed, validated, or totally lost. After years of masking, people-pleasing, or just trying to “pass,” discovering your neurodivergence can be both a relief and a reckoning.
I’m here to help you decode what this means and what comes next.
Through one-on-one coaching and group support (coming soon), I guide neurodivergent adults like you through the SAFE Unmasking™ processes, grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Coaching (ACC).
You’ll build tools to live authentically, manage burnout, advocate for your needs, and finally feel at home in yourself.

I’m Mark—a late-identified autistic ADHDer, certified coach, and guide for neurodivergent adults ready to unmask and live authentically.
I was diagnosed with both autism and ADHD at 48, and that discovery changed everything. Like many late-diagnosed neurodivergent adults I spent decades masking, over-adapting, and wondering why life always felt just out of sync. My diagnosis wasn’t the end of a story. It was the beginning of my return to myself. Today, I combine lived experience with deep professional expertise to support others on their unmasking journey.
I bring a unique blend of evidence-based coaching, trauma-informed insight, and over 20 years of experience in human-centered performance improvement. I've spent the last 15 years working remotely with clients around the world from my home office in Mexico. I'm a Certified Autism Specialist, Master Certified Professional Coach, International Coaching Federation member, and hold a Master of Arts in Human Performance Improvement.
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I use the same coaching framework and SAFE Unmasking™ processes in my own life that I now offer to clients. Everything I share has been lived, tested, and adapted for the complex, beautiful realities of being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world.
My work is grounded in the belief that you don’t need to be “fixed," you need to be seen, heard, and supported as you reclaim the parts of yourself you’ve hidden just to survive. I take a trauma-informed, compassionate, and neurodivergent-affirming approach, helping you gently unmask, define what matters most, and take action that aligns with your truth.
This isn’t about pushing productivity or perfection. It’s about building psychological flexibility, self-compassion, and a life that actually fits your brain.
I’m proud to be part of a global community of practitioners committed to neuroaffirming care through an organization called Thriving Autistic.
Their Neuroaffirmative Commitment to Practice aligns closely with my Acceptance and Commitment Coaching (ACC) and SAFE Unmasking™ approach, grounded in competence, autonomy, intersectionality, and respect for lived experience.
Learn more about the values that guide my practice by clicking the Thriving Autistic logo to explore how these principles shape my work.
True unmasking begins with safety, respect, and belonging.
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