Education
- M.Ed., Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont
- B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara
Areas of focus
- Co-chair, Well-being Collective Steering Committee
- Co-lead, JED Campus Initiative
- Health Promoting Campus work
- Mental Health & Well-being Education, Promotion, and Outreach
- Campus-wide Prevention & High-risk Planning
- Member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT)
Personal interests
I am a mama above all else. I have two children who fill my life with light, love, hope, pride…and the anxieties that come with being a parent. 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 hanging with my family, eating spicy food, lifting heavy weights, and watching Michigan sports.
Strengths
- Uplifting campus culture and policies that are salutogenic (i.e., create health).
- Challenging university norms that reward perfectionism and productivity, and detract from well-being.
- Helping students find their own wisdom to make behavior changes through emotional intelligence, empathy, and manageable goal-setting.
Approach to wellness
There are many systemic barriers to health and well-being in the college environment that must be named and challenged. I believe in the power of looking at well-being 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.