It started with suffering.

In 2013, not unlike many other sixteen-year-olds, I was no stranger to anxiety and depression.

I was raised Presbyterian. From a young age, I gave Bible readings in church and helped (in the loosest sense of the word, probably) my grandmother teach elementary Sunday School. Now a suffering teen in the face of horrid mental anguish, I went into nature, to a special place, and pled with God, Jesus, and the angels to help me overcome my struggles - somehow.

Not long after, my parents set me up with a wonderful psychotherapist. And on July 4th of that year, my mother lent me a book about angels. Perhaps that was the start of what happened next.

At the age of 17, I submitted a certificate request after taking the first class of this journey - an angel card reader course with Radleigh Valentine. I was certified, and further studied (including in the programs of Charles Virtue) and practiced bringing spiritual guidance and healing from the divine realms to myself and others.

In 2016, I began facilitating message circles, and taught my first spiritual class. I also began my formal study of shamanism and shamanic healing. I applied and was accepted into the world-renowned shamanic teacher Sandra Ingerman, MA's Two-Year Teacher Training in Shamanic Journeying, Healing, and Medicine for the Earth the following year, and I graduated the program in 2020.

Now, combining about a decade of experience working with others, I conduct in-Spirited divination, healing, and counseling services, and teach public and private trainings in shamanism and shamanic healing.

I have had the privilege of working with a diverse array of issues from a diverse array of clients across the globe. I aim to create a welcoming space in my work, including for racial and ethnic minorities and fellow LGBTQ+ people. Along with leading events myself, I have presented on television, radio, and webinar series, and taught for library and art centers, spiritual stores and healing spaces, Institute for Spiritual Development Washington D.C., and the Free Thinker Institute.

Additionally, I have assisted celebrated teachers in their programs. I served as faculty assistant to Radleigh Valentine during his Creating a Magical Life with the Angels workshop at Kripalu in 2019.​ I was later an assistant to Sandra Ingerman in the Facebook community for her nine-week course, The Dark Night of the Soul as a Portal to the Shaman's Light (she and I also recorded a video dialogue entitled "Shamanism and the Younger Generations" as a course bonus session). I again provided group support for Sandra’s summer 2023 course, Taking Medicine for the Earth Work to Higher Frequencies for the Benefit of our Health and the Planet. And it is with immense excitement that I will be assisting her 10th and final Two-Year Teacher Training in Shamanism and Shamanic Healing in New Mexico in 2025 and ‘26.

I emphasize the importance of skilled science, an awareness of the essential unity of all beings, and integrative healthcare in my work. I have maintained certification in Adult Mental Health First Aid through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing since 2018, and graduated cum laude with a BA in psychology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh, where I also served as a research assistant and a teacher's assistant in two psychology lab courses (which, funny enough, had exercises on psychic ability).

I am the youngest instructing member of shamanicteachers.com, an alliance of shamanic and Medicine for the Earth practitioners and teachers bringing that work to the global community ethically and effectively.

I currently live in Bloomington, Indiana with my partner Alexi, who is pursuing his second master’s degree as the John W. Ryan Fellow at the Indiana University O’Niell School of Public and Environmental Affairs. In my spare time, I enjoy reading about current affairs with a homemade fruit smoothie, seeing how many whistlepigs (groundhogs) I can spot on my walks, and cracking countless jokes to my friends that make them immensely relieved that my dream is not being a successful (or even passable) comedian.