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My background is in social services. After I received my B.S. in Psychology, I managed a Crisis Shelter for several years before becoming a mom. My expertise is in creating and maintaining behaviorial health programming as well as reviewing program constructs to streamline policies & procedures, ultimately to improve client care.

My motivation

My passion has always been college sports. My family and I have supported several college athletic programs through season tickets, athletic board appointments, and through scholarships. 

I had alwasys told my children to intersect their passion and skillset. I realized when they got to high school to put my money where my mouth was! I began the journey of graduate school and merging my skill set with my passion. I went back to school and got my Master's of Education from VCU's Center for Sport Leadership where I focused on Student Athlete mental health. The CSL at VCU along with my contacts in the college athletic landscape have given me access to dig deep into what our student athletes (SAs) need for better mental health support.

I am constantly synthesizing new research and analyzing my own research to create data-driven programming for all levels and all types of Sports entities; including Professional sport organizations and their players, College Athletic departments, and High School sports.

My College Athlete Mental Health research has been published by the Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics. Check out the Homepage for the LINK to read it.

My advocacy lies in what I believe are the most central pieces of Athlete & Coach Mental Health:

1) we need to begin the Mental Health conversation in High School,
2) every college athletics program should have Mental Health services embedded within the Athletic Village. This may look differently based upon the size of the institution but the goal remains the same. Research shows there are many barriers to SAs seeking the help they need and I am committed to get that information out to College Administrators and Athletic Directors, and
3) we need to break athlete stigma and educate Athletes at ALL levels from AAU - Professional.

In April of 2023, The United Soccer League (Tampa, Florida) asked me to join their team as VP, Corporate Wellness and Safeguarding. They have 2 Men’s Professional Leagues that dot across the nation and starting a Division One Women’s Professional League in August of 2024 with teams from the East Coast - Heartland - Pacific Northwest.

As a result of the 2017 bombshell article in the Athletic on the Miscoduct in Professional Women’s Soccer, in 2023 the USSF handed down safety and wellness mandates for all professional soccer leagues. I would be tasked with creating, embedding, and implementing Safeguarding Systems along with leaning into my expertise to create Mental Health and Wellness programming for the #10,000+ players, coches, and staff within the national USL Ecosystem for youth programs through professional clubs. Effectively, leaning into my company goals of creaating systematic change within sport ecosystems. Can’t get much bigger than effecting an ENTIRE League!

I am thrilled to be a part a national conversation about Athlete Mental Health. The focus of my business is Research - Advocacy - Education. I hope you find this website full of helpful information as well as a place to ask questions.