Find Calm

I have felt called to help people for as long as I can remember, but I never imagined my life would guide me to serve others in such a unique and meaningful way. I love my family deeply—they have been my inspiration since I was five years old. Unfortunate circumstances led my sisters, my mom, and me to start our lives over in a new country, arriving in the United States in a state of severe poverty. In hindsight, this was one of the greatest gifts we were ever given. We learned early the importance of humility, gratitude, and unwavering faith in God.

Like many single-parent households facing poverty, we experienced struggles and trauma that I later came to understand—during my medical training—were the roots of many of our adult health challenges. I became fascinated by the idea that therapies beyond medication and surgery (which we tried, and which often failed us) might offer healing. Against many odds, I earned a university scholarship, where I was introduced to what was then called “complementary and alternative medicine.” This opened a window into the vast world of healing traditions. I studied and taught yoga, learned meditation and breath work, and incorporated individualized nutrition from around the world—modalities that helped me heal my own chronic sports injuries when conventional care offered limited support and surgery only worsened them.

A professor, mentor, and now dear friend introduced me to naturopathic medicine, which deepened my curiosity and expanded my understanding of natural healing. During my final years of medical school, I became severely ill with a condition that was, at the time, a mystery. Out of necessity, I dove headfirst into medical research, countless doctor visits with no clear answers, conferences, and specialty courses. Eventually, I learned that I was suffering from severe mold exposure, and my body was shutting down one system at a time. Recovery took years, and—amazingly—I now view that experience as a gift. I “learned the hard way,” and because of that, I can truly understand the struggle my patients feel.

It wasn’t until I received craniosacral therapy that I realized how deeply my nervous system had been neglected—and how essential it was to nurture it. After everything I had tried, this was the therapy that finally reached the roots of my past sports-related brain injuries, emotional trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and the physical illness that once pushed me toward depression and hopelessness. From that moment, I felt called to share this gentle, powerful therapy with as many chronically ill people as I can.

If you are struggling with chronic health issues—whether rooted in childhood experiences, trauma, environmental toxins, long-term poor nutrition, high stress, physical injuries, lack of support, or even unknown causes—you are My Why.
You are the reason I have explored so many paths outside of conventional medicine. You are the reason I am here.