About Me

I became a nurse practitioner because I believe that patients deserve deeply respectful partnerships with their health care providers.

I had mysterious and difficult illnesses as far back as I can remember.  Doctors I saw gave me abundant treatment, but not a lot of care.  By age 18 I’d had enough experience to realize that the conventional medical treatments I’d received were not helping, and that they were even harming me.

As a young adult with little money, I came across a sliding scale clinic staffed by nurse practitioners.  I had never wanted to be involved in health care before, but the level of respect, kindness, and nurturance they showed me changed my direction in life.  I wanted to provide that sort of care to others.

I was well into my medical career before I found my own way to excellent health.  The birth of my child forced me to look outside of my prior training and experience for strategies that could help me be well without compromising my baby’s needs in any way.  To my surprise, conditions that I had no hope of improving vanished immediately and have not returned since I made big lifestyle changes in 2014.  Other health conditions took longer to heal but I worked hard to find the missing pieces of my illness puzzle and I succeeded.

I have multiple autoimmune diseases and I’ve been controlling them without medication for years.  I now consider my autoimmune diseases to be blessings.  They steer me on a path that allows me to be deeply conscious, strong, and even optimistic.

I have a degree in Philosophy from the University of Georgia and two degrees in Nursing from Columbia University in New York City.  I specialized in family medicine and subspecialized in natural medicine and palliative care at Columbia University. I have completed multiple programs in functional medicine from The Kalish Institute, Apex, and A4M.  I am a trained birth doula, prenatal yoga teacher, kundalini yoga teacher, and teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion.

I am a mother, a wife, and a person who loves to laugh.

I bring all this and a lot of love to my work as a nurse practitioner.