My Experience

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Medical Venturing Program, Vice President,  Suburban Hospital | 2008- 2011

LEAD Program of Business, Duke University Fuqua School of Business | June - July 2010

Successful Business Education, Planning & Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Leadership Training and Team Building.

Raiser Fellowship Research Assistant, Costa Rican Coffee: From Community to Cup | San Marcos, Costa Rica July- August 2010 

A multi-year collaboration between the University of Washington, EarthWatch Institute, University of Vermont, North Carolina State University, University of Costa Rica, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), and the local CoopeTarrazu farming cooperative. I conducted various experiments on soil health, the effects of fertilizer reductions on the biodiversity and abundance of ambient arthropod and mychorrizial fungi populations, and the effects of chemicals on plant health and crop yield. Utilized geographic information systems (GIS) technology to map the biodiversity in the region and help determine the factors that affect a farms’ sustainability.

Doula Training, New Haven Planned Parenthood | January 2012

Athletic Injury Care/Training Room Assistant & Intern Wesleyan University | September 2013 - May 2014

Physical Therapy Techniques, Basic Injury Care, Medical Room Organization and Cleanliness.

Williamstown Theatre Festival Acting Apprentice, Williams College | June 2014 - August 2014

Shakespeare, Improvisation, Meisner and Stanislavsky Training Intensives, Dance, Performance. 

Pure Flow Yoga Institute 200hr Teacher Certification Course, Elinore Cohen | January 2017

Iyengar Alignment, Vinyasa Flow, Ashtanga Practice, Meditation, Body Adjustments and Injury Care, Ayurveda and Holistic Health Care and Remedies.

Vipassana Meditation 10-day Course Southern California Vipassana Center  February 2017

Sacred Energy Arts Teacher Training 200hr Teacher Certification Course, Sifu Matthew Cohen, Malibu Healing Center | October 2017

Yoga, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Physical Therapy, Fitness, Sound Therapy, Dance, Poetry, & Shamanism

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Health and Wellness Columnist for LOAM Magazine | May 2015 - September 2016

Responsibilities included: writing a bi-weekly column on topics pertaining to health, wellness and sustainability for an environmental arts magazine. 

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Malibu Trail Mix, CEO and Founder | May 2017 - current

Malibu Trail mix is a deliciously raw, organic, sprouted, and activated superfood trail mix free of additives. 

Yoga Instructor at Malibu Sun Yoga, Sculpt and Flow Community Class | Summer 2017 

Healing Arts & Wellness Coach and Consultant 2017- current

I am passionate about helping people reach their health, wellness, and lifestyle goals. I teach yoga, emotional & energetic health, give body work & massage, home-chemical consultations, nutrition and goal achievement, and I want to help and empower as many people as possible with the lessons and wisdom I’ve acquired through starting my own health foods company successfully, studying pre-medicine, internal medicine, the mind-body connection and nutrition, Ayurveda, living-food cuisine, yoga, epigenetics, and spirituality. 

TALENTS AND SPECIAL INTERESTS

viola player for over 10 years, record breaking collegiate runner, professional yogi, martial arts, golf, tennis, skateboarding, live-food cuisine, fashion, gardening, epigenetics and bees.