I've spent my life exploring why people suffer, how they heal, and how to be best in service along the way. In all of my work, I keep my focus on wholeness rather than brokenness as a compass for the work of healing. 

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I spent my early life working with social service organizations around the world to understand how cultural and economic systems perpetuate suffering - and how to change them. After experiencing a health crisis in my personal life, I traveled to study ethnobotany and traditions of natural healing with indigenous groups in Ecuador and Peru, and began to spend more time exploring the relationship between meditative traditions, spiritual practice, and modern psychology.

 

As a student at Harvard Divinity School, I studied the most effective and time-honored ways to transform and heal the human psyche. I was awarded a grant by the Center for the Study of World Religions to work with Sarvodaya, a renowned development organization in Sri Lanka; I performed mindfulness-informed clinical work for the Department of Youth Services in Massachusetts; and I served as President of the Harvard Buddhist Community, where I helped lead a regular meditation group for Harvard students and faculty and invited some of the most globally celebrated teachers to the Harvard campus.

 

Also during this time, I began to spend four to six weeks each year in silent meditation retreats, learning to heal trauma through a combination of Buddhist meditation, Western psychotherapy, and indigenous healing practices. To date, I have spent well over a year in these meditation retreats, and consider them to be the foundation for all of my healing work with others.

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After graduating from Harvard, I worked to transform educational systems around the country, helping to create mindfulness and meditation programs at multiple schools. As a result of this work, I served as a core consultant in the creation of WholeSchool Mindfulness, a non-profit that trains and places mindfulness teachers nationwide. I have also been a national instructor for the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education, and my work has been featured in Mindful Magazine and Tricycle Magazine.

 

Most recently, I work as a teacher, retreat leader, and licensed therapist in Austin. I've helped to create and teach the Relational Awakening Training with Paige Britt, as well as Radiant Hearts Collective, a non-profit organization that supports people in accessing alternative therapies and communities of peer support. ​​

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Education:

• Master of Divinity, Harvard University

• Master of Fine Arts, University of Texas (Austin)

• Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Texas State University