I obtained my Masters of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. During my time there, I worked as a graduate research assistant with ongoing research projects related to flourishing, mindfulness, and counselor supervision. I completed my masters practicum in school counseling at Paisley International Baccalaureate School, where I offered individual and group counseling services to students grades 9-12, completed safety assessments, and furthered community support through the school’s CARES Team. I completed my masters internship in clinical counseling at Forsyth Family Services, where I provided clinical services to members of the community who had survived trauma, abuse, and other wellbeing concerns. I also assisted with the FFS Strengthening Families Program, a nationally and internationally recognized evidence-based family skills training program.

Prior to obtaining my masters degree in clinical counseling, I graduated summa cum laude, with a BA in philosophy from Salisbury University and the Honors College. After traveling to Pune, India to study Sanskrit with the American Institute of Indian Studies, I gained an interest in meditation and yoga.

I later returned to the Eastern Shore of MD and worked as a crisis counselor with Affiliated Santé Group, providing community services to those facing emergencies related to addiction, houselessness, suicide, homicide, and other critical community incidents.

Other community service work includes volunteering with Assateague Coastal Trust, leading philosophical discussion groups with our local incarcerated population at Eastern Correctional Institute, creating and running meaning-of-life support groups with older folks in assisted-living, completing an internship with the Migrant Clinicians Network, and receiving a Fulton School of Humanities grant to organize and lead an interdisciplinary STEM & Humanities night for underserved children in the community.