ABOUT ME
Behind everything I do the intention is simple, bringing you back to your body.
My interest in nutrition began at 14 when I joined the cross country and track team. What started as a way to improve performance quickly became something much deeper. I began to see how food could act as medicine, not just for sport, but for healing.
From there, I became committed to understanding the body not just as something to manage, but something intelligent enough to guide us when we learn how to listen.
Most of my formal training focused on the physical systems of the body - biochemistry, anatomy, physiology. That foundation is essential, but only half the story. Over time, I became equally interested in how emotions, energy, and lived experience influence those systems, and how the body adapts, protects, and responds through both physical and physiological pathways.
As a holistic registered dietitian, I take a body-led approach, combining nutrition, eastern medicine, herbalism, and functional medicine principles, to help restore trust, balance, and regulation while using the body itself as the roadmap for healing.
Health and wellness isn’t just my profession, it’s how I live. Taking care of my body is my #1 priority. I’m a runner, kettlebell enthusiast, herbalism devotee, and someone who loves spending time in nature. My work continuously evolves through both my studies and my own lived experience.
I believe everything we need for health and healing exists in nature and within ourselves.
my healing journey
While my professional training shaped my foundation, my deepest understanding of the body came through lived experience.
I spent most of my life in conflict with my body. Around the same time my interest in nutrition began, I also developed an eating disorder that would span 15 years of my life. It showed up through restriction, over-exercising, bingeing, control, and a deep disconnection from my body.
For a long time, I tried to “manage” it and fight against it, until I realized healing required something different: not more control, but a complete shift in how I related to my body.
Healing required dismantling who I thought I was, rebuilding from the inside out, and meeting myself for the first time. That process ultimately led me into full recovery and a completely different relationship with myself. Healing my eating disorder was one of the hardest things I have ever done, but equally one of the most rewarding.
What I learned through this experience is that there is a difference between managing symptoms and actually healing the system underneath them - and that distinction changes everything.
my gut health journey
After my recovery, my gut health fell apart. I began experiencing symptoms including chronic acne, hair loss, fatigue, dizziness, nutrient malabsorption, and persistent digestive issues. What followed was a period of confusion, stress, and ultimately a deeper exploration into how the body responds after long-term stress and restriction.
I was trying everything I knew, but my gut wasn’t improving, and in some cases I was getting worse. So I went deeper and sat with my body. I leaned into my studies of herbal medicine, eastern medicine, functional nutrition, and more importantly, I leaned into what my own body was asking of me. And once again, my body became my teacher. Over the course of a year, I was able to restore my health.
This experience further shaped the work I do today and deepened my understanding of how interconnected the body truly is. Both these experiences required a level of connection with my body I hadn’t known was possible, and completely changed how I now approach healing.
This is the work I now bring into my programs, helping clients rebuild trust with their body from the inside out. My combination of clinical training and lived experience is what allows me to recognize both the physiological and behavioral patterns behind chronic dysregulation and guide people through changing them at the root.
This journey inspired me to create my “Back To Your Body” program, designed to help others find the same freedom and connection I had to rebuild with myself.
professional experience & credentials
I am a licensed Registered Dietitian with a Master’s in Nutrition, Health & Longevity (USC), with clinical experience across substance use and mental health treatment centers, outpatient care, and performance settings including internships within UFC and collegiate basketball programs.
I work with individuals navigating complex relationships with food, body, and health - often where physical symptoms and emotional patterns are deeply interconnected.
Alongside my professional training, I also bring lived experience as a former college cross country and track athlete, marathon runner, and certified personal trainer. This combination allows me to bridge physiological understanding with real-world experience of performance, pressure, and body relationship.
I work with both teenagers and adults, specializing in:
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Eating disorders and disordered eating
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Gut health and metabolic dysfunction: (hormone imbalances, insulin resistance, menstrual irregularities, etc.) driven by chronic stress, undernourishment, and overall system dysregulation.
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Sports nutrition for athletes dealing with under-fueling, burnout, body image stress, or performance pressure.
In addition to 1-on-1 sessions, I also teach nutrition groups for various facilities.
My approach is body-led and integrative, combining nutrition, functional medicine principles, herbalism, and eastern medicine frameworks to support regulation and restore trust in the body as the primary guide for healing. My life’s work is dedicated to understanding the body’s intricacies, guiding others on their path to healing, and deepening my own relationship with my body as I go along.
Work with me if you’re ready to move out of cycles of shame, overthinking, confusion, and stress around your body
licensing & certifications
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Licensed Registered Dietitian (MS, RDN)
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Masters Degree in Nutrition, Health, & Longevity (USC)
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Clinical Herbalist (in progress)
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National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Personal Trainer
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Kettlebell Athletics Level 1
