My path has always been rooted in care. I began as a home health aide and CNA, spent time in nursing school, and later managed an apothecary in Wilmington for several years. In the spring of 2019, I traveled to Oregon to complete an internship with Herb Pharm, which deepened my connection to plant medicine and community-centered healing. During that season, I was also living in a van, engaging in sustainability-focused work trades, and exploring the beauty and challenge of communal living.

Looking back, I can see how every step has guided me here. It often feels like this path was laid before me—and I’m simply answering the call. This is soul work. And in many ways, it chose me.

Mainstream healthcare left me feeling lost. It wasn’t until I started working closely with the plants—first managing the herb store, and then through my time in Oregon—that I finally felt lit up. I rediscovered myself through their teachings.

I’ve always had the gift of helping others find connection—between themselves and their body, their intuition, their community. I often think of myself as a bridge or a connecting piece. I’ve also felt a lifelong fascination with pregnancy and birth. So when I first learned what a doula was, I knew I had to follow that path.

In late summer 2020, while living and working at Long Branch Environmental Education Center outside of Asheville, I finally had the chance to take my doula training. Not long after, I became pregnant with my son—and chose to pause and move inward, allowing myself space to fully experience that rite of passage.

It was during that pregnancy that I launched my herbal products business—a way to stay connected to my individuality, creativity, and passion while moving through the sacred transformation of becoming a mother.

Today, I sit with women and families as they move through some of life’s most tender thresholds. I do this work because I know how to be an anchor. And I believe we move through the world more freely when we are lovingly witnessed.