I grew up in Salem, OR then attended college at Oregon State University where I received a bachelor’s of science degree in Psychology.  After college graduation I moved to Philadelphia, PA.

 It was in Philadelphia where my healthcare career began as I found my first post-graduation employment doing mental health care coordination.  My employment background over the past fifteen years includes being a clinical care coordinator assisting to connect individuals to outpatient treatment after inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations, working in a crisis center doing assessments on individuals needing various mental health treatments, doing street outreach in an attempt to reconnect clients to medical and mental health treatment, working for a health insurance company assisting Medicare members with benefit and coverage questions as well as working with seniors in an assisted living community to ensure their day to day needs are met.