Additional roles
- Chair, Well-being Network 2.0, Well-being Collective
- Mental Health Education, Promotion, and Outreach
- Student Engagement and Academic Partnerships
- Wellness Coaching
- ALA 240: Living Well in College and Beyond
- Member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Education
- M.Ed., Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont
- B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara
Personal interests
I am a mama above all else. I have two children who fill my life with light, love, and constant tests of my patience, mindfulness, and equipoise. I am also a wife, sister, daughter, athlete, deep-friendship-embracer, outdoorsy-person, winter-lover, morning-person, extrovert-who-needs-alone-time, and science/health/wellness nerd. In my limited spare time you can find me playing with my family, eating spicy food, and lifting heavy weights.
Strengths
Helping students find their own wisdom to make behavior changes through emotional intelligence, empathy, and manageable goal-setting.
Challenging university norms that reward perfectionism and productivity, and detract from well-being.
Approach to wellness
There are many systemic barriers to health and well-being that must be named and challenged. I believe in the power of looking at wellness critically, holistically, and interculturally. A holistic approach allows us to address and attend to the expected and unexpected fluctuations in life, and harness resiliency for the times in our lives that challenge us.