the founder of Telegraphic Tree. I am a herbalist, yoga teacher and artist making a home at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Lynchburg, Virginia. After living in Philadelphia for 15 years, I returned to my hometown in 2019.

In the process of integrating this change, I found an invitation to pause my public offerings. This created space for my practice to evolve and transform. I’ve spent the last 4 years honoring that transition, learning new tools and slowly, crafting a new healing practice. My hope is to begin more actively sharing this work with my community (both near and far) in 2024.

I received my undergraduate degree in sociology from James Madison University and completed post baccalaureate work at the University of Pennsylvania where I studied photography, video, printmaking and installation art. These disciplines, the combination of science and art, proved foundational to my work as a practitioner.

My formal herbal medicine training began in 2011 with Susan Hess in her Homestead Herbalism program. It was through her classes that I became anchored on my path as an herbalist. In 2014, I completed a two year extensive training course in clinical herbalism at David Winston's Center for Herbal Studies. I spent an additional year in 2015 studying with David Winston in his Therapeutics program.

In 2023, after completing 300 hours of training, I officially became a certified Kaiut Yoga teacher.