I currently practice pediatric sedation and am a associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. I have been leading well-being efforts as the inaugural Director of Well-being for the Department of Pediatrics since 2018. I am also co-editor of the first pediatrician well-being textbook: Understanding and Cultivating Well-being for the Pediatrician and have authored several peer-reviewed research manuscripts investigating clinician well-being and gender equity in medicine. I am a graduate of the inaugural Women’s Wellness through Equity and Leadership program. I received mindfulness facilitation training from the UW Mindfulness Program and am Master Certified Physician Development Coach from the Physician Coaching Institute.

I am also a life-long learner and seeker and recognize the abundance of knowledge and wisdom that exists outside traditional structures of education. I believe in the power of books and stories, both fiction and non-fiction, as windows into wisdom and insight. I also believe in the inner wisdom inside each of us, and am continually on my own path of deeper connection and trust in the wisdom within myself.

My educational description would not be complete without naming the people who have shaped my inner and outer views and guided on my journey to being more fully human. This list includes but is not limited to: Tara Brach, Mary Oliver, Tricia Hersey, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Dan Harris, Martha Beck, Glennon Doyle, Thich Nhat Hanh, Barbara Kingsolver, Rachel Cargle, Sharon Salzberg, Elizabeth Gilbert and every author, teacher and speaker who has guided me to more wisdom and connection with myself, the natural world, and within the human family.