I recently earned my Ed.D. in Interdisciplinary Leadership from Creighton University. For me, leadership is not a title; it is best expressed through generative practice and everyday action. I live this out as a homemaker, a peer mentor for domestic abuse survivors, a supporter of recovery programs, and an advocate for local public education and community charities. I am passionate about bringing the spiritual, reflective modalities of "being" back into the leadership paradigm.

Too often, the rawness of human experience is neglected, and the vital art of volunteerism goes under-rated and underpaid. Yet, it is precisely in the beautiful chaos of everyday life where rigid academic theories collapse, revealing the necessity of truth (grounded in honesty), beauty (springing from openness), and goodness (founded upon willingness) as the only real ingredients for lasting change.

My path was not linear. After years of resisting intense spiritual breakdowns, I took a leap of faith to return to school after a long absence—without a professional ladder to climb or a rigid end goal. I simply trusted my inner calling, believing the experience itself would be worth the risk.

That transformative process led me to develop Trauma-Inspired Leadership Theory. While born from my own life experiences, I spent over two years establishing a rigorous academic foundation to study this phenomenon. Through extensive interviews with 20 participants and over 200 hours of intensive data analysis, I mapped out how personal healing flows outward to transform our interactions with others. I am thrilled to share this framework with the world—a shift that honors the mystery of where leaders come from, who they are, and what they are truly capable of achieving.