I am a Certified Holistic Health Counselor (or Coach) and my focus and approach is primarily preventative. My training with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in partnership with Columbia University Teacher's College in June 2008 allowed me to hone and formalize what I had been practicing long before then.  I've had the educational honor of hearing lectures and recieving information directly from Dr. Mehmet Oz, Deepak Chopra, Debbie Ford, Dr. Walter Willet, Iyanla Vanzant, and Dr. Joseph Mercola. More about who my teachers were... 

I received my training as a Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition's cutting-edge Health Coach Training Program.

During my training, I studied over 100 dietary theories, practical lifestyle management techniques, and innovative coaching methods with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts. My teachers included Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine; Dr. Deepak Chopra, leader in the field of mind-body medicine; Dr. David Katz, Director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center; Dr. Walter Willett, Chair of Nutrition at Harvard University; Geneen Roth, bestselling author and expert on emotional eating; and many other leading researchers and nutrition authorities.

My education has equipped me with extensive knowledge in holistic nutrition, health coaching, and preventive health. Drawing on these skills and my knowledge of different dietary theories, I work with clients to help them make lifestyle changes that produce real and lasting results.

Credentials and Licenses: Bachelor of Science Liberal Arts- SUNY Oneonta, Master of Science Education Guidance and Counseling-Long Island University Brooklyn, Master of Science Education Administration & Supervision- PACE University, Certified Adkins Life  Skills Facilitator-Columbia University Teachers College.  I have over 20 years experience eating healthy, practicing holistic health and nutrition, facilitating groups, educating youth and adults and providing guidance and counseling services.

Professional Memberships: The American Counseling Association (ACA), Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development (ASCD), National Association of Drugless Practitioners (NADP), The Weston A. Price Foundation, The National Association of Black Health Counselors (NABHC), and The Traditional Nutrition Guild.