Quick Profile

  • 25 years experience in coaching, writing, & navigating higher ed

  • Trained to be writer-centered & person-centered in Writing Centers

  • Held visiting professor positions & tenure-track professor positions before moving to coaching full time & starting her own company 10 years ago

  • Believes that writers & clients are whole, resourceful, & wonderfully creative as is taught in CTI co-active coaching

  • Uses narrative coaching frameworks that address the whole person & adapts to individual needs

  • Uses nonviolent communication as conceptualized by CNVC

  • Keeps clients identities & work confidential (client recommendations on website are posted with permission)

  • Is an active writer & researcher in American literature & history

  • Currently the Treasurer for the Society of Early Americanists, an academic organization that supports scholars who study the literature, history, & culture of the Americas from the 16th century into the 19th century

  • Is very proud & busy god mother of teenagers

  • Lives daily with chronic migraines & brings a deep understanding of living with a chronic illnesses & caring-giving to her coaching

  • Loves wilderness camping at Dolly Sods, West Philadelphia porch culture, the Detroit Tigers, & the Phillies

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