I am a clinical western herbal educator and practitioner who comes from a long line of Eastern European artists and green-thumbed matriarchal influences. As a professional Member of The American Herbalist Guild, I believe in seasonal preventative healthcare and strive to empower my clients and students to pursue healing through kitchen potions, small gardens, and deepening the connection to our local forests.
My passion for holistic health started in 2007, when I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where I spent 10 years learning the healing properties of both Eastern and Western plants and fungi. While living in Oakland CA, I taught an extensive herbal apprenticeship program (2013 - 2016) and was the head staff adviser for a donation-based, community herbal clinic at the Berkeley Herbal Center. I also extensively studied Ding lineage Pulse and Tongue Diagnosis under the mentorship of Dr. William Morris.
I’ve hosted countless herbal workshops at various herb-related gatherings and grade schools throughout the country. For the last 6 years, I’ve continued to facilitate the Herbal First Aid Wellness Den at Spirit Weavers Gathering, where 500+ women gather celebrating a life in harmony with nature.
In 2017, I returned to Bloomington Indiana and created the @indianaherbalcenter, where I host classes, see clients for one-one herbal consultations and make hand crafted, custom formulas, tinctures, salves, and teas. I’ve cultivated an extensive organic garden (with honey bees and a mushroom farm), where I’ve grown most of the herbs used in the apothecary - holding to the belief that there really is medicine growing in YOUR backyard. LEARN MORE
When I am not communing with wild plants and people, you can find me at the Orbit Room (local restaurant/music venue), thrifting, or hanging with my dog Arrow.
