I remember the first time I heard the term, “Naturopathic Physician.” I was working part-time as a front desk receptionist in a chiropractic clinic. I'd only recently come to the realization that I wanted to work in health and fitness, but I was equally sure that it wasn't as a nutritionist or personal trainer. The prospect of Naturopathic Medicine simply clarified everything for me. Medicine was a career path in my family with my mother, an ICU nurse, my sister, a surgical nurse, several aunts who were nurses and an uncle who was a respiratory therapist.

• Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, WA

• Post-graduate residency in family practice

• Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, from Eastern Washington University

• Board certified in Anti-aging medicine through the American Association of Anti-aging Medicine