In Genesis 16, Hagar was the victim of an unjust situation where she was treated horribly. God told her he hears her, that she would give birth to a son, and will name him Ishmael, which means “God hears”. She replied to God that he is also “the God who sees me.” If God hears and sees those hurt, I also want to be a person who hears and sees them.

I put my college education and career aspirations on the back burner so we could put my husband through college and then later to raise my young children. When my children were older and more self-sufficient, I returned to college and graduated with my bachelor of arts in biblical counseling at Calvary Bible College in Kansas City, Missouri in 2008. As life does, I was delayed returning for my masters degree until 2012. Since we lived in Ohio at the time, I enrolled at Cincinnati Christian University (a Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs approved school) and graduated with honors with my master of arts in professional counseling in 2015.

While in Ohio, I interned at a community mental health agency and after licensure, as a staff counselor. Since moving to Tennessee, I have worked at The Refuge Center for Counseling in Franklin as a Post Masters Volunteer, Pathways Counseling in Murfreesboro since 2019, and in 2025 began seeing clients at my own private practice.

I have been married to Mike since I was 19 years old (yikes! I was a kid!) and now have 3 adult children who live all over the world. In my personal time, I enjoy building my family history through genealogy research, reading true stories about people who have overcome incredible odds, and crocheting blankets and ugly Christmas sweaters. My elderly cat, Thomas, also enjoys my yarn when I let it dangle in front of him!

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