Education
- MPH in Health Behavior/Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
- MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Western Michigan University
- BA in Psychology, Western Michigan University
Well-being credentials
Member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2010
Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBHWC) since 2025
Certified Professional by the American Heart Association - Tobacco Treatment Specialist since 2016
Professional interests
- Motivational interviewing and positive psychology
- Wellness coaching
- Alcohol and other drug early intervention
- Tobacco, vaping, and nicotine pouch cessation
- Student caregivers
- Students with chronic health issues and disabilities
- Social marketing and finding out what students think
- Social justice, specifically, how we can better meet our underserved students’ needs
Strengths
Listening and helping students find their own wisdom to change their behaviors to feel competent and find happiness in life.
Personal interests
I love spending time with my family and friends, gardening, making soap, quilting, cooking, and occasionally making music. I like to spend time in my 1893 home and getting outside all year round.
Approach to wellness
Wellness is not what magazines and the media tell you. It’s not about fad diets or how to get six-pack abs or how to make tofu 12 different ways (although I love tofu). To me, it’s about finding out who you are, how you want to spend your time, and what your contributions to the world will be. It’s about feeling good about yourself even when you screw up. It’s about balance and the being out of balance too. It’s about taking a chaotic world and finding some peace and joy in it.