About Me

There was a time when I looked like I had it all together - the leader, the encourager, the dependable one.

But behind the scenes, I was fighting battles most people never saw.

I was born with an autoimmune illness that silently wore on my body for years. Over a decade ago, I came close to hospice care. I grew up with a severe stutter that left me afraid to speak, to be seen, to even be heard. I later lost dear friends due to cancer, and I carried the weight of grief that nearly crushed me, but I still smiled through the tears.

I showed up anyway.

I had a thriving 20-year career in education teaching students, leading educators, creating impact in classrooms and school systems while barely making it through some days physically and emotionally. I was also juggling side businesses, mentoring others, and doing my best to keep it all together. But somewhere in the pursuit of excellence, I began pouring so much into others that I almost forgot how to pour back into myself.

I was burned out. Exhausted. Quietly unraveling.

That was my breaking point…and also my becoming point.

It was in that space that I realized I wasn’t created just to survive what life threw at me. I was created to transform through it. And now, I help others do the same.