I grew up in a big family in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. I’m a proud mid-westerner who now loves calling the Hudson Valley home. Patients often ask how I became interested in Chinese medicine. My mom took me to see a Chinese herbalist when I was in college and also advised me on herbs and supplements to help me through my studies. After college while living and working in New York City, I began to practice yoga as a way to counter balance the fast paced lifestyle. I began to experience the connections between the body, mind, emotions, and breath and how each can affect the others. Years later I attended a few workshops combining yoga postures with acupressure points and began to learn how much the points can address on so many different levels and this sparked my interest to pursue a degree in Chinese medicine.

I received a B.A. in sociology and psychology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in upstate New York in 1998 and worked in the social work and mental health fields for several years in the Bronx and North Carolina. I’ve been practicing yoga for over 15 years and studied with The Integral Yoga Institute, completing three teaching certifications. I taught for 10 years in North Carolina, Cleveland, Portland and Brooklyn.