I grew up in the High Desert in Southern California and came to Utah in 2012 to start school at Brigham Young University (BYU). I thought I wanted to be a nurse or do something with psychology when I came to college. I quickly realized that nursing was not the career for me with the chemistry and all the needles. I played sports all growing up and I still have a love for sports and running and have run 6 marathons. I was very interested in sports psychology for a time but the more I talked to my mom, who is a Speech and Language Pathologist and works in my local school district back in California, about what I wanted to do with psychology I realized my desire to help children in the role of a school psychologist. I had thoughtful teachers and leadership and was blessed with good friends and family but I also saw that not everyone had that experience and wanted to do what I could to help children throughout the school system. I wanted to work with administrators and teachers to help give all students regardless of their background or abilities as many tools as possible to have a good experience with school and even to succeed in their lives.

I graduated from BYU’s Educational Specialist graduate program in 2019 and worked in Alpine School District as a School Psychologist.