Trainings and Certifications:
- Hatha Yoga Certified Instructor: Yoga 4 Peace non-profit studio (200 hour; 2014)
- Yoga for Survivors-Certified Instructor, Oncology Yoga (150 hour; 2015)
- Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner-Clinical (CTRP-C): STARR Commonwealth
- Certified Family Trauma Professional: IATP
- Certified Child & Adolescent Trauma Professional: ITTI
- ARC Trauma Framework Training: ARC Framework
- ACEs Champion Trainer/Ambassador: Michigan DHHS-MI ACEs
- Mindful, Trauma-Informed Yoga Certification: Yoga Medicine
- Street Yoga Training (Trauma-Informed Youth Outreach)
- Connection Coalition Training (Trauma-Informed Youth Outreach; Level 2 Social Justice in Yoga)
- Yoga 4 Classrooms Training
- Teaching Trauma-Informed Yoga to Children: Yoga International
- Reiki Certified, Levels I & II
- 8-week MBSR coursework via UMass Center for Mindfulness: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- 10-week Mindful Self-Compassion coursework: Center for Mindful Self-Compassion
- Center for Adolescent Studies: Building Authentic Relationships; Mindfulness for Traumatized Youth
- Work specific to trauma and social justice with Off the Mat Into the World:
- Yoga for Self-Regulation and Trauma with Hala Khouri
- Rituals for the Modern Activist with Michelle Johnson, Susanna Barkataki, and Suzanne Sterling
- Yoga, Purpose, & Action with OTM Founders Hala, Seane, and Suzanne
- Mindful Schools: Certified Mindful Schools Teacher Class of 2019
- Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness with David Treleaven (both in-person workshop and remote training)
- Justice Resource Institute (JRI), Center for Trauma and Embodiment: Trauma-Centered, Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY)
- Certified School Psychologist, Michigan Department of Education (2009)
- Master of Social Work, Clinical (MSW)-Michigan State University, In-progress
- Graduate Certificate: Medical Neuroscience, Michigan State University, In-progress
- Graduate Certificate: Applied Educational Neuroscience, Butler University, In-progress
- Post-Masters Specialist Degree in School Psychology, University of Detroit-Mercy
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology, Wayne State University
- Community Mental Health (CMH) Worker-10+ years
- CMH programs served: Center for Excellence Research Center, Youth Assistance Non-Felony Diversion Program, School-Based Prevention, Early On/HeadStart Consultant
