nurse leader, brain health and healthcare
Press, Talks, Credentials
Nurse leader manifesting healing ideas in brain health and healthcare.
Scholar of unlearning, moral leadership, and systems change. Innovator, storyteller, and fierce advocate.
in the media
- Rapid-Acting Mental Health Treatment Summit Aims to Lead the Conversation on What Is Next in Mental Health, opens in a new tabPRNewswire, Nov 1, 2023
- The future is now: How is technology impacting the benefits industry?, opens in a new tabBenefitsPRO, July 31, 2023
- Health and Healing with Narrative Medicine, opens in a new tabWhat I Meant To Say Podcast, April 1, 2023
- Therapists Are Doing Sessions in Locked Bathrooms While Patients Call in From Their Cars, opens in a new tabSlate, April 4, 2020
- The Many Faces of Bravery: Columbia Nurses on COVID-19, opens in a new tabColumbia Nursing Magazine, Nov 9, 2020
- Pandemic Check-In, co-host, A Western Sounds Production, opens in a new tabVulture, Mar 19, 2020
- NY Nurses Say A Strike Is Needed To Keep Patients Safe, opens in a new tabGothamist, Mar 20, 2019
podcasts and conversations
- The Dignity Lab: The Dignity of Accountability, opens in a new tabGuest, 2025
- Rapid-Acting Mental Health Treatment 2024, opens in a new tabIn person, San Francisco, January 7, 2024
- Beyond the Breakthrough: The Psychedelics and Whole Health Integration Summit, opens in a new tabIn person, Orlando, April 9 to 11, 2024
- Off the Rails: Innovative Treatments and the Fight for Mental Healthcare Reform, opens in a new tabGuest, 2024
testimony and panels
- Brooklyn Borough President: Testimony on Ending Medical Debt2022
- New York City Council Committee on Civil Service and Labor: Testimony on Mental Health in the Workforce2022
- Public Health Webinar Panel Host: Psychosis In A Pandemic2020
- Public Health Webinar Panel Host: Addiction During COVID-19 Quarantine2020
- Alumni Panel at Columbia University: Nursing in COVID-192020
- New York City Hall: Testimony on Safe Staffing2019
Bold ideas, impossible to ignore.
licenses and certifications
- Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: A Model for Accessible Psychedelic TherapySage Integrative Health, January 2021
- Mentalization Based Therapy: Basics CertificateAnna Freud, November 2019
- Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Care ProvidersMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, August 2018
- Improv and Sketch Training ProgramsThe Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, January 2016
- Five Mindfulness Trainings CertificationThich Nhat Hanh Blue Cliff Monastery, June 2015, 2018, 2023
- Being With DyingRoshi Joan Halifax, PhD, San Diego, 2008
education
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Registered NurseColumbia University in the City of New York, 2012 to 2013
- Narrative Medicine, Macy Scholars ProgramColumbia University, January 2013
- BA, Human Development, magna cum laudeUniversity of California, San Diego, 2005 to 2008
fellowships and awards
- Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments Fellowship2023 to present
- Society of Participatory Medicine2022 to present
- American Nurses Association2022 to present
- The Coaching FellowshipSeptember 2022
- Celo Metaverse AcceleratorSeptember 2022
- Accelerator at Dragonfly by SVB and IAFJuly 2021
- What If Mental Health FellowshipNovember 2021
- CORO Leadership New York2019 to 2020
- Healio Health Honoree2022
- Celo Blockchain Foundation Innovating On Money Award2021
- New York Health Business Leaders Health Care Hero Award2021
- LinkedIn Leader of Nursing2020