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I moved into the field of health coaching after a 23-year career as an English Professor. In that field, I experienced massive burnout. To recover, I became involved in the mainstream health-fitness industry where I recognized first-hand how much disorder and dysfunction exist there. In recovery from atypical anorexia, I discovered HAES®️, Intuitive Eating, and fat liberation activism. I have been committed to coaching from a weight-neutral, body liberation-orientation since 2016.

I am an ACE-Certified Health Coach with a Health Fitness Specialist AAS, and an advanced academic certificate in Personal Training. I am also a 200RYT yoga teacher. I have completed Louise Green’s Size Inclusive Training Specialist Program; Dianne Bondy & Amber Karnes’ Yoga For All Training; and Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch’s Original Intuitive Eating Pros®️ Intuitive Eating Certification.

I am a queer, small-fat, cis woman with Chicana heritage who lives with white, cis, het (passing) privilege. I am a survivor. I am a devout lifelong learner who holds a BA from the University of Michigan, an MA from New Mexico State University, an MFA from Goddard College and am currently working toward a PhD at California Institute of Integral Research in Transformative Studies. My current areas of scholarship are Critical and Creative Approaches to Health and Poetic Inquiry. My specific area of focus is shifting healthcare and fitness spaces toward weight neutrality.