I am a mother. I am a wife. I am a sister. I am a soul sister. I am a forever student. I am a teacher. I am a coach. I am a leader. I am an ally. I am an empath. I am an introverted extrovert. I am a hippie at heart. I am a yogi (in training!). I am a free spirit and an independent thinker. I am a caregiver. I am a doula.

After graduating from Penn State University with a degree in Kinesiology and teacher certification, I spread my wings and moved to California from New Jersey. I got into hot yoga, spent all my time outdoors, and it was there that I had my daughter via cesarean. I completed my masters degree in leadership and administration and went from a health and physical education teacher to an assistant principal at a middle school. After 14 years in education in California, I eventually moved back to northern New Jersey where I was born and raised. I’ve been a high school health and physical education teacher here in NJ since 2014. As a teacher, leader, administrator, coach, and advocate for my students and their families for over 2 decades, I am not only a lifelong teacher, but also a true lifelong learner and lover of human connection.

I have an altruistic nature about me, and the transition to doula work from public education was the obvious path for me. The prenatal education piece that a good doula can provide can absolutely make a difference in your labor. Knowledge is power. Power is using information and education and your own personal beliefs to make decisions. Power is knowing what to expect. Knowing what to expect begins to lower the fear factor. Quieting the fear lowers the tension. Which ultimately allows you to Surrender to the Flow…