I’ve served as Executive Director of the Counseling & Education Center since 2021, after joining the organization as a therapist in 2018. I’ve been drawn to this work for as long as I can remember — struck from an early age by the amount of suffering in the human experience, and convinced that supporting others as they heal is among the most meaningful ways to spend one’s energy. I continue to see clients alongside my executive role because I believe the work that happens in a therapy room ripples outward into families, communities, and society.

I hold a Master’s in International Disaster Psychology from the University of Denver and an LPC credential, and my pre-executive career spanned disaster mental health planning, community violence and gang-reduction work, justice-involved clinical care, and international fieldwork in Ghana. Under my leadership, CEC has grown from a small agency to a mid-sized behavioral health organization across two locations, with expanded regional influence. The accomplishment I am most proud of, though, is the staff and board culture we have built — a values-aligned team that reflects what community mental health care can and should be.