Bachelor of Arts - University of Minnesota 2011

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training - Marianne Wells Yoga School 2015

Certified Cicerone - Cicerone Program & Siebel Institute of Technology 2017
Carpenter Apprentice - North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters 2019

300 Hour Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training - Kaya Yoga 2019
National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach - HCI Pathway Program/ NBME/ NBHWC 2021

J.E.D.I. Exchange - Institute for Equity Centered Coaching 2022

Masterful Health & Wellness Coaching - Real Balance Global Wellness Inc. Dr. Micheal Arloski 2023

Motivational Interviewing Foundation & M.I. for Addiction - Psychwire Dr. Miller, Dr. Rollnick, & Dr. Moyers 2024
Certified Peer Recovery Specialist - Bold North Recovery, CCAR, MCB 2025 

ADHD & Life Coaching - ADD Coach Academy 2025 

Appreciation of Excellence & Beauty

Perspective

Kindness

Love

Creativity

Love of Learning

Curiosity

My parents always said I had a “big heart”. My emotions have always been overwhelming. My conscious quest for self-regulation began in 2002 when I was 13 years old as I started a yoga practice and rode my bike for long distances. Something about moving and being in my body just felt right.

Studio Art seemed to be the only thing that helped me make sense of the world in high school so I decided to pursue Studio Art, Art History, and Psychology in college. My transition from high school to college was a struggle. Despite writing a page of notes for every two text book pages read I was able to hobble my way through a bachelors degree. 

I worked and paid my way through college and spent most of my professional career in hospitality. Despite my love for the service industry, burn out was a regular occurrence due to people-pleasing and poor work-life balance. I wanted so badly to get out of survival mode so after many years of thinking about it, I began to pursue other types of work.

As I was training to become a coach I got the opportunity to be coached and it was so magical to me. As an external processor who gets locked in their head it was so nice to have my autonomy respected and my own answers reflected back to me. I felt seen and heard in ways I didn't know were possible.

I tried my first foray into anti-depressants in my late 20’s and it didn’t go well. Trying to get to the bottom of my worsening Anxiety & Depression I tried EMDR. The self-medicating I had begun in high school was no longer working and my lack of metal health felt unbearable. 

Filled with despair, I became reckless. I was scared and felt like no one could help me. After a long and arduous road I went to see a Queer friendly licensed Psychologist and got an ADHD diagnosis in 2023. 

This is where my hopeful world shift began. Although the gold standard of ADHD treatment (therapy, medication, and coaching) does not work for everyone, I am grateful that it has worked for me. It took me a year to grieve my life prior to diagnosis. Once properly medicated, my Depression and Anxiety went from extreme to mild in 6 months and I no longer needed to self-medicate with substances. I kept thinking in disbelief, "is this what happiness feels like?".

 I finally felt light, expansive, and free. Self-compassion and ADHD symptom management are life-long endeavors. I don't have it all figured out (no one does) but I continue to try what works for me. I am so grateful to have my ADHD super powers of creativity & curiosity and genuinely can't wait to see where my journey goes from here.