Education
-PhD Candidate
Marriage and Family Therapy (April/May Defense 2026)
Texas Woman's University
-Master´s Degree
History (2025 Alumni)
Eastern Washington University
Summa Cum Laude 
-Master´s Degree
Marriage and Family Therapy (2019 Alumni)
Touro University 
Summa Cum Laude
-Bachelors Degree
General/Kinesiology (2008 Alumni)
Texas Woman's University
-Additional Graduate Education- Philosophy at Holy Apostles College & Seminary 
-Pending Certifications/Training- Philosophy; Psychoanalysis 
-Other Certifications- Certified Personal Trainer (2005) & Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (2010)
Memberships
American Historical Association (AHA)
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP)
Yoga Alliance (YA)
Licenses
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Texas)
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (Florida)
Other: AAMFT Supervisor Candidate
Publications
-Existential Crises Within Families Amongst Contemporary Shifts: A Psychoanalytic Object Relations Perspective
Routledge (2023)
-History of Women in Object Relations
​TWU (2023)
Current Publication Projects
The Maternal Symbolic
Empiricism and Lacan
Hegelian Family Systems
Esoteric Epistemology 
Academic Assignments 
Texas Woman's University:
Adjunct Professor (2026) 
Doctoral Student Representative (2025)
Teaching Assistant (2024, 2025)
Peer Research Assistant (2024)
Graduate Assistant (2024)
Guest Lectures
Saint Louis University - 2023, 2024, 2025
Texas Woman´s University - ​2023, 2024, 2025
Accepted Conference Proposals
IARPP (2025/2026)
​TAMFT (2025/2026)
TWU (2023, 2024, 2025)
Research Interests
Qualitative Studies: IPA & Narrative
Older Populations and Aging
Existential Crisis and Spirituality in Grief
​Death Anxiety, Loss, and Existential Depression
​Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Family Systems and Supervision