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At the age of four, I waltzed into a tiny ballet studio in the suburbs of Houston with a pink skirt and my blond hair pulled back into a bun and knew that was where I wanted to be. I trained at the Ballet Center of Houston for 14 years, spending summers at Boston Ballet, the School of American Ballet, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet, gaining as much knowledge and technique as possible. After I graduated from high school, I moved my life to Seattle and trained in the Professional Division with the Pacific Northwest Ballet for three years. I went on to dance professionally with the Deos Contemporary Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet and Utah Metropolitan Ballet. I have also guested with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and Ballet Memphis.
While I was dancing in Seattle, I started taking online classes, working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration: Marketing. In the fall of 2016, I happily received my diploma and declared that I was definitely ready for a break from school. In 2020, I decided to go back to school for nutrition. I graduated with a master’s degree in nutrition and functional medicine from the University of Western States in 2023 and received my post graduate supervision through Clinician’s Incubator. While in supervision, I gained additional training while working with clients with disordered eating and eating disorders including providing meal support group sessions through Project HEAL. Since receiving my CNS, I started working for Clinician’s Incubator as the Project HEAL coordinator and orientation of new candidates to the program.