For over two decades, I've worked in higher education, serving as a Dean of Students and walking alongside students, families, and colleagues through both everyday challenges and significant life moments.
Before my work in higher education, I spent twenty years in youth and young adult ministry, supporting individuals and families as they navigated growth, faith, and life transitions. During that time, I also built and ran a concert promotion business, organizing large-scale events that required coordinating complex logistics, leading diverse teams, and bringing many moving parts together around a shared vision.
These experiences have shaped how I see the world—through the lens of people, relationships, and the belief that everyone has the capacity to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact.
More recently, my journey has expanded into caregiving, supporting my mother as she navigates the realities of aging. That experience has deepened my understanding of what it means to care for someone while also managing the responsibilities of everyday life.
It has also led me to reflect more intentionally on my own future—what it means to age well, to build meaningful connections, and to create a circle of support that doesn't happen by accident, but by design.
At the core of everything I do is a simple belief: people are capable of more than they often realize, and with the right support, clarity, and perspective, they can move forward with confidence and purpose.