At seventeen, I had the opportunity to attend a school with students worldwide! This was a global network of secondary schools. I was thrilled to begin my adventure but soon felt overwhelmed. Luckily, I had a mentor who saw me struggling and she checked in with me each morning, advised me to take things day by day, and encouraged me to try new things. I flourished with her help and have been striving to pay that support forward ever since. This experience made me a first-generation college graduate focusing on psychology and counseling. I’ve helped students learn to organize their time and set goals in my residential work and taught habits of perseverance and resilience on a school farm. I love learning about the world through reading, hiking, traveling and getting to know my students!

• Reading – Reading was my first gateway to experiencing and understanding the wider world, and I still turn to novels to deepen my curiosity, my empathy, and my own sense of self.
• Knitting – I began knitting right around the beginning of COVID-19 and have pursued it relentlessly since! It is my favorite way to express my creativity and give to my loved ones.
• Hiking – I have always loved the natural world, and hiking is the best way I've found to get up close to the plants, animals, and landscapes that I've always admired at a distance.
• Watching baseball – Baseball has been a part of my life since early childhood, and it remains my favorite sport to this day.
• Traveling – I love learning, and I appreciate travel for the tremendous opportunity it provides me to learn so many new things everywhere I go.

• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 2016, New Hampshire University
• Graduate Certificate in International School Counseling, 2022, Lehigh University