Julie Mila Fink

Julie was born in Rochester, NY on April 4th, 1965 to Bill and Hermina Fink. She was the middle child of three (Nina Fink-Bernstein – Eugene, Oregon and Darryl Fink – Eugene, Oregon) and spent her childhood sailing to Canada on her family’s boat. She had a rich life surrounded by friends in Rochester, including her neighbors across the street who in her words were like a second family to her.

Julie got her degree in Psychology in Rochester. She then lived in Boston while she pursued her postgraduate education in ultrasound.

After moving to Denver, CO, Julie worked as a mobile ultrasound technician. She traveled to houses as well as prisons, where she helped inmates by performing checkups and exams. She raised her newborn baby Aaron Andersen (Eugene, Oregon) in a house near Cherry Creek. She and her ex-husband Craig Andersen moved to Grand Junction, Colorado and Julie continued to focus on raising Aaron. Julie deeply loved Aaron’s wife, Emma Ly, welcoming her fully into the family. In a moment that reflected Julie’s devotion to love, connection, and celebration, she proudly officiated Aaron and Emma’s wedding in Eugene, in 2022.

As she got older, Julie became more interested in meditation and energy healing. She had a particularly close connection to EFT (emotional freedom technique), a method based on using pressure points to reduce anxiety and alleviate tension in the body. After leaving her ultrasound job, Julie spent more time training to use EFT as a therapy technique for veterans and people struggling with anxiety and PTSD.

Julie had a strong love for animals, and she devoted a large part of her time to volunteering for shelters and animal charities. She fostered several dogs in her house, and she frequently picked up shelter dogs in her car to drive them to other cities where they could find a new home. Over the years, she was a pescatarian, vegetarian and vegan, and she frequently shared with friends and family about the importance of animals and how much humans could learn from our connections with animals. She was particularly fond of the wisdom of dogs.

Julie married David Bingham on March 14th, 2005. They had a love of all things Disney, and they visited Disneyland multiple times a year. They loved the Oregon coast and frequently spent time at their beachhouse in Neskowin. Through the marriage, Julie became step mom to Tanisha Stanko (Grand Jct. CO), Brandon Bingham (Pueblo, CO), Monica Mayerle (New Castle, CO), and Kassie Quigley (Grand Junction). She was step grandmother to 7 grandkids.

Julie was an inspiring person throughout her life, reminding others of the value of life and to never stop believing in the magic all around us. She was positive even in the hardest situations, and she had a unique talent for seeing the good in others. She was known for bringing out the inner child in others, helping them remember the beauty and novelty of the world which the cynicism of adulthood so often obscures.

In a recent chapter of her life, Julie expressed her creativity through an Etsy shop where she wrote custom intuitive poems. Through her words, she offered insight, comfort, and reflection, another way she helped others feel seen. She is loved by her Wolfpack, a chosen family connected through trust, authenticity, and intentional love. Her strength, so consistently modeled, will continue through each of them. She created spaces where people felt inspired to show up as their best selves. She lived with presence and intention, guided by purpose rather than outcome, and often reminded those around her to move gently through life and care for themselves. Julie often expressed her love in simple, heartfelt ways. As she would say, “I’m sending a big hug through the ethers infused with divine love and support.”

Julie could really read people and was someone whom anyone could go to for advice, love, and to feel seen. She was very intentional with her time and was great at expressing love and taught many others how to love and to love themselves in return. Anytime anyone was around her, they were able to feel so deeply in the moment, so present.