As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to get my hands on tools which would bring me more understanding into my own experience of life. I would always ask this question of “Why am I the way that I am?,” and then seek the guidance for being even better.

Skip a few years and you’d find me studying Health: Science, Society and Policy as well as Environmental Studies at Brandeis University. I would later use this degree to work in cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Here I was given the opportunity to certify in mindfulness facilitation and create a meditation program for hospital workers through Mindful Leader at the Brigham Education Institute.

Later on, I took a pit stop in Mexico for my first official certification in yoga, where I lived for a month in the Mayan Jungle with Shamans, experiencing indigenous plant medicines for the first time and learning the traditional practice of Ashtanga yoga, originating in Mysore India. Next stop, I was running clinical trials in mindfulness, and publishing on Integrative Medicine at the Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

During this time, I began my study of Ayurveda through Sacred Paths Yoga. I was hired by Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Graduate Resident Advisor to the co-ed International Student house, where my training and experience centered around community facilitation and mentorship (I received an excellence in leadership award).

Next, it was time for my big leap of faith, the jump into the unknown - I committed to a yearlong study of Yoga Vidya (the wisdom of yoga) in Mexico and also completed my Vinyasa Yoga certification. The bulk of my experiential learning was ‘on the job’ as they say, when I worked as a member of wellness staff in The Yoga Forest, living in Guatemala for 5 months

You’re almost all caught up on my journey of certifications now, and oh by the way, I threw a Zumba training in there for fun, too! I am currently enrolled in my second Ayurveda program through the Shakti school. All of these experiences have allowed me to grow and connect deeper to myself and the richness of life.

I know I will be a lifelong learner of healing modalities and I can’t wait to share with you!