I began my education in healing arts as a teen, learning Reiki in the Usui system from my grandmother Alice Pierson and some basics of western herbal medicine and wild harvesting from my mother Joani Crosson and a local healer and friend of the family, Peggy Willey. After obtaining a dual degree in Asian Studies and Dance, I knew I needed to continue steering my interests toward the healing arts and looked to where these might intersect. I chose to work for an acupuncturist and health counselor in her community clinic in Vermont.

In my twenties I had many health struggles of my own and herbalism, Reiki, acupuncture, as well as a number of other modalities and deep studies in nutrition and traditional diets were integral in my recovery to full health. I became certified to practice an ear-acupuncture protocol for trauma and addiction (NADA). The acupuncturist and health counselor who ran the clinic I worked at, Didi Pershouse, also taught me a liberation-focused form of peer counseling. After a few years practicing this, I became a certified instructor and taught classes in the community for the next six years or so.

In 2015, toward the end of my time teaching peer counseling, I began my studies in Somatic Experiencing and have been practicing it ever since. I completed my certification and started assisting trainings in 2019. From 2010-2020 my day job was as a classroom language teacher in a boarding school where I was also an advisor and mentor for our students, 16 and 17 year-olds. Coaching and mentoring these students was a real highlight of my ten years at this school.

During this time I also completed three certification courses in western herbalism, Science and Art of Herbalism with Rosemary Gladstar, Wisdom of the Herbs with Annie McLeary, & Local Healers by Sandra Lory with whom I also studied cupping.