I provide longitudinal behavior change support within medically supervised care models, integrating high-fidelity motivational interviewing, precise health literacy support, and permission-based physiology education to enhance patient understanding and adherence.
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My background includes:
Certified Health & Wellness Coach, FDN-P, and allied healthcare professional, with 8+ years of experience across primary care, integrated medicine, occupational health, orthopedics, rheumatology, immunology, and chronic care management.
I have 3 years of health coaching experience and 2 years as a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P), with a focus on functional health, lifestyle medicine, nutrition, and sustainable behavior change.
Board certification candidate through the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC).
Special focus:
GLP-1 behavior change support, including habit formation, muscle preservation, and sustainable transitions in collaboration with prescribing providers.
Public health service as a contact tracer for 16 months, supporting over 12,000 individuals through symptom tracking, population-level pattern recognition, social determinants of health assessment, vaccine education, and psychological first aid during uncertainty.
Medical and pathophysiology education experience, teaching:
- metabolic processes and dysfunction
- anatomy, physiology, and hematology
- phlebotomy, EKG, injections, and point-of-care testing
- emergency preparedness (ACLS/BLS)
- health literacy for diverse learners
Advanced communication training through work as a sign language interpreter—shaping my ability to translate complex physiology into clear, accessible, and respectful guidance.
Behavior change methodology grounded in motivational interviewing and positive psychology—supporting autonomy, evocation, and collaborative SMART goal setting.
I observed the same pattern repeatedly across thousands of individuals and multiple systems.
People struggle not because they are noncompliant. They struggle because they were never taught how their bodies work.
That observation is the foundation of my work today.
