Mission Statement
I am motivated to educate clients about the importance of halting chronic disease advancement. I honor the uniqueness of each client and believe it is imperative to meet them in their current circumstance. Working with a team of providers, my goal is to offer tailored, realistic strategies to implement behavioral change to clients as they improve health through lifestyle modifications.
Education & Training
Drexel University
- Master of Science in Complementary and Integrative Health
- June 2025
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
- Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and Reversal of Insulin Resistance Certificate
- July 2025
MINDBODYGREEN INSTITUTE
- Health Coach Certificate
- January 2024
Youngstown State University
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- June 1994
Other Courses
- Functional Nutrition ~ Mindbodygreen Institute
- Integrative Pain Management ~ Andrew Weil Center for Integrative medicine
- Environmental Health ~ Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Health
- Aromatherapy ~ The Aromahead Institute
- Lifestyle Medicine Essentials and Food as Medicine ~American College of Lifestyle Medicine
- CITI training
Strengths
- Self motivated to continually learn and expand my knowledge
- Skilled in Motivational Interviewing and Appreciative Inquiry
- Resourceful and easily adaptable to new environments and situations
- Independent worker with strong communication skills
- Resilient to unexpected change
- Detail oriented
Technical Skills
- Microsoft
- Zoom
- Canva
- PowerPoint
- Word Art
- Squarespace
- EPIC EMR
- Power Chart EMR
Professional Scholarship
- Research Project - Aromatherapy Use in the Inpatient Clinical Setting
- Poster presentation - UPMC Nursing Research Summit, Aromatherapy Use in the Clinical Setting
- Oral Presentation, UPMC Hot Topics Conference, Aromatherapy Use in the Clinical Setting
- Woman's Studies, Menopause, Weight Gain and Food Choices
- Integrative Measures for Metabolic Syndrome
- Yoga for Chronic Pain research
- Mindfulness Meditation for Multiple Sclerosis
Work History
Premise Health at bny, Rn health coach, 2025 - current
UPMC St Margaret, Chronic Pain clinic, RN, 2022-2024
UPMC Family Hospice Inpatient care, RN, 2019-2021
Upmc st margaret inpatient, RN, 1995-2020
- Stoke Unit
- Oncology
- Hospice
- Surgical Unit
- Critical Care
- ICU/IMCU
- Pain Resource Nurse
- Nurse Ambassador for Integrative and Wellness Oncology Program