I started college as a medical student in 2013, hoping to earn a licensure to assist people with eating disorders find the nutritional care and mental health support they needed. After several years of school, I became frustrated with the health systems I saw in place that treated symptoms without addressing their underlying causes. As I approached graduation, I realized that this western healthcare system was too broken for me to want to be a part of in any traditional way.  

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After 3 years of medical school, I paused to think about where my role in this world truly was. In college, I took every available course on Complementary and Alternative Medicinal (CAM) theories, fascinated by the eastern philosophies surrounding healthcare. Exhausted from the grind of working minimum wage jobs while being a student, I decided to attend massage school, at first thinking it would be a useful compliment to my eventual western medical practice and believing it would be an enjoyable profession to hold while I finished medical school. 

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By the end of my first day of massage school, I knew I had found my calling. Massage allowed me to combine science and intuition to heal bodies in holistic and effective ways. When I completed my program at Asheville, North Carolina's Center For Massage & Natural Health school in 2017, I couldn't even wait until my paperwork went through before I signed up for continuing education in Thai massage. 

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After completing a series of courses in the US, I traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand, to study with world-renowned Thai practitioners Pichest Boonthume and Kam Thye Chow under the guidance of my amazing Thai massage teacher in America, Michael Sitzer. I was drawn to Thai massage because of the way it uniquely incorporates movement into massage sessions, and focuses on balancing the energetic body as well as the physical body. 

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Since graduating from massage school, I have also taken continuing education to dive more deeply into energetic healing with Craniosacral Therapy, a modality I draw from often during my integrative table massage sessions. Additionally, I have expanded my knowledge of massage by studying Neuromuscular (Trigger Point) Therapy and kinesiology in further depth. I know there is always more to learn, and my enthusiasm for expanding my library of skills will never fade as the years go on and I continue to serve my clients with empathy, patience, kindness, and compassion.