I am a Licensed Professional Counseling - Associate, which means I am accruing hours towards working independently. This is a requirement of all counseling professionals in Texas. That said, I have worked professionally as an educator for 13 years with children and young adults as part of the public education system. I taught adolescents with disabilities for several years, and have seven years of experience in educational assessment and development of intervention plans in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. I have a passion for supporting children with learning differences, difficulty regulating behavior, and various experiences of neurodiversity. I also have non-clinical volunteer experience supporting and advocating for those who are part of marginalized groups such as people of color, people experiencing mental and emotional distress, the LGBTQ+ community, and those who are addicted. I like to say that my helping journey started when I was 14 years old and coping with childhood epilepsy, sexual orientation, and life in general. At that point, I knew without a doubt that helping those for whom life had not been easy was very important to me. Fast forward to today, and I now look back at everything that happened before and since that turning point, including my own experiences in counseling, and I am so honored to learn more about sitting on the other side of the counseling office and helping people rewrite their stories the way others have helped me rewrite mine.