Learning as an ongoing practice.

My academic foundation is rooted in statistics, public health, and the study of human health and behavior. I began with undergraduate training in Statistics, followed by graduate degrees in Biostatistics, Health Research Methodology, and Public Health. I later pursued doctoral studies in behavioral change and health management, with my dissertation examining the long-term impact of domestic violence on child development. Years of training in research design, data analysis, population health, and human behavior continue to shape how I approach this work. They taught me to value evidence, ask careful questions, recognize the limits of what we know, and remain attentive to the complex biological, psychological, relational, and social conditions that influence healing and well-being.

My path into this work has been shaped by ongoing study across somatic practice, nervous-system regulation, sound, contemplative traditions, Indigenous teachings, and the careful preparation and integration of experiences.

I am currently completing the Certificate in Assisted Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies. This training explores preparation, facilitation, integration, ethics, harm reduction, trauma-informed practice, and the psychological, relational, spiritual, and cultural dimensions of experiences.

In 2026, I also began the Bridge Program with the Congregation for Sacred Practices. Its ministerial formation curriculum brings together spiritual practice and psychology, ceremony, preparation and integration, ethics and supervision, community, leadership, and service. This study is deepening my understanding of how careful facilitation can be held within an accountable spiritual community rather than practiced in isolation. The program includes foundational formation, residential study, vocational discernment, and supervised community practice.

My related education has included foundational study with particular attention to responsible support, set and setting, and the importance of preparation and integration.

My embodied training includes the Triple Vagal Method through the Integrated Somatic Institute and study in craniosacral therapy. These approaches have deepened my understanding of autonomic states, breath, trauma-informed touch, subtle awareness, attunement, and the conditions that can support regulation and resilience.

A particularly meaningful part of my spiritual path has been learning from Indigenous teachers and developing a deep appreciation for the Lakota people, their living traditions, and their teachings about prayer, responsibility, community, and relationship with the natural world. I hold these teachings with gratitude and respect, recognizing that they arise from cultures and lineages that are not mine, while also feeling deeply grateful for the welcome I have received from teachers and communities along the way.

I understand my own path through this life as walking the Red Road: an ongoing commitment to live with greater honesty, humility, courage, compassion, and responsibility. For me, this is not a title or identity, but a lifelong practice—one that asks me to remain accountable for how I live, how I relate to others, how I serve my community, and how I care for the Earth.

I remain grateful to the teachers, elders, mentors, and communities who have shared their knowledge with me. I receive these teachings as a student and carry them with the intention to honor their origins, remain within the limits of what I have been given permission to practice, and continue learning with humility.