Is that every person’s identity is layered and multifaceted, shaped by culture, history, and experience. Healing starts when you stop trying to fit into someone else’s version of “normal” and start embracing your own complexity.
Filling a blank page with color is a lot like therapy; each stroke adds depth, shade, and vibrancy, slowly transforming empty space into a vivid reflection of who you are. Just as colors bring a drawing to life, therapy can reveal the person you’ve been becoming all along.
Invite you to lean into discomfort without turning away. I’ll notice the places you hesitate or protect yourself, and gently explore why. I want to call out the unseen dynamics, and to walk alongside you as you reclaim your narrative.
To help you recognize the richness in your story; along with the parts that don’t always get noticed.
The foundation of my approach is based on the recognition that culture shapes our experience, regardless of our ethnicity, and I approach things from that vantage point. Culture influences how we see the world, relate to others, and understand ourselves. Our communities and families play a powerful role in shaping who we are, the stories we carry, and the ways we navigate life’s challenges.
As a person-centered therapist, I don’t rely on a rigid plan or try to fit you into a predefined mold. Instead, I follow your lead—wherever your journey takes you, I’ll be there to walk alongside you, staying fully present and attuned to what you need in the moment. Therapy becomes a shared exploration, honoring your unique path and pace, with space for discovery, healing, and growth on your terms.
Exploring your experiences through a culturally responsive lens that honors your background and identity, while also considering the important dynamics within your family system. Using integrative methods like Gestalt therapy, we focus on the present moment and your whole experience. Whether navigating neurodivergence, gender affirmation, or complex emotional challenges, the approach is always adaptive and responsive to your unique needs. This process allows us to gently reshape your narrative until you reach a place of acceptance and peace.
“Music is a therapy. It is a communication far more powerful than words, far more immediate, far more efficient.” — Yehudi Menuhin
“Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional… Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.” — Oliver Sacks
“When words fail, music speaks.” — Hans Christian Andersen
I specialize in supporting people carrying layered emotional challenges, especially:
• Supporting BIPOC clients with racial and cultural struggles
• Healing from systemic, interpersonal, or religious trauma
• Working with those from adoptive, foster, or unstable families
• Supporting identity development across race, culture, gender, sexuality, and spirituality
• Processing reproductive loss
• Recovering from institutionalization
• Supporting young adults through life transitions and inner conflicts.
Are carrying layered emotional challenges, especially those navigating identity development across race, culture, gender, sexuality, and spirituality. Many of my clients are healing from systemic, interpersonal, or religious trauma; recovering from institutionalization; or processing reproductive loss. I also support young adults through life transitions and inner conflicts, and those from adoptive, foster, or unstable family systems.
People from all walks of life who need non-judgmental spaces for identity exploration. Many are BIPOC clients experiencing racial and cultural struggles, individuals with complex family backgrounds, or people navigating burnout, depression, anxiety, mood swings, and more.
Those whose identities intersect in unique ways and are seeking a deeper understanding of how their strengths and struggles are connected. I support people whose bodies, cultures, religious identities, gender expressions, sexual orientations, and mannerisms reflect back what the world notices when it looks at them—and who are tired of having to explain every piece of themselves or justify every thought pattern.
Holding space for people to explore how their beautiful facets fit together. Identity exploration is often the centerpiece of our never-ending story of becoming, and I believe in honoring the diverse experiences of each client while walking alongside them as they navigate growth, conflict, and healing.
The powerful role that communities and families play in shaping who we are and the stories we carry. I work from a culturally responsive lens that considers identity, family systems, and the broader beliefs we carry that shape how we see the world and ourselves.
Easy to talk to and calm. They often share that they feel comfortable, relaxed, and that building rapport with me feels natural and effortless.
Breathe more easily, trust themselves again, and navigate their relationships with more clarity and confidence. They often feel less burdened by inherited expectations and more connected to their inner truth.
They also often tell me they can now:
Trust their gut more, stop over-explaining, and name what they feel without second-guessing it. A lot of them say they finally feel like they’re not carrying everything by themselves.
It doesn’t feel clinical or scripted. It feels human. Like we’re making sense of things together, not just analyzing them.
Have had to move through the world with layers; of code-switching, masking, surviving systems that weren’t built for them, and who are now trying to make sense of who they are underneath all that.
When someone says, “I didn’t know I was allowed to feel that.” Or when they stop apologizing for how they are and start standing in it instead.
This is your space. You don’t have to impress me, teach me, or prove anything. Come as you are’ even if that’s unsure, tired, or guarded. That’s welcome too.
Our work will be about making sense of how you’ve moved through the world, what’s supported you, what’s felt heavy, and what you might want to carry differently moving forward.
Who taught you that you had to be smaller to be safe? What parts of you have been waiting to come forward? And what would change if you believed you were already enough,even without fixing, proving, or masking?
I practice carefrontation; I name what I notice with honesty, even when it’s uncomfortable. I don’t push, but I also don’t avoid. I trust your capacity to hold complexity and believe challenge can be a form of care.
What led me to this work wasn’t just education—it was life. I’ve seen how relationships can harm, and how they can heal. I’ve experienced what it means to feel invisible, and what it means to be truly known. In my experience, you never come out of a relationship the same way you went in. You grow, you morph, you change—all through connection and the reflection that happens in relationship with others.
As someone who has had to navigate the tension between how I see myself and how the world sees me, I understand what it means to carry unseen stories and layered identities. I came into this field through experience first—before I ever had the tools or titles. I’ve always been drawn to the moments when someone feels deeply understood. I’ve been fortunate to experience relationships in my own life that allowed me to feel fully human. That sense of acceptance shaped how I show up for others; constructing a climate where you can be met with honesty, warmth, and authenticity.
What led me to this work wasn’t just education; it was life. I’ve seen how relationships can harm, and how they can heal. I’ve experienced what it means to feel invisible and what it means to be truly known. In my experience, you never come out of a relationship the same way you went in. You grow, you morph, you change; all through connection and the reflection that happens in relationship with others.
As someone who has had to navigate the tension between how I see myself and how the world sees me, I understand what it means to carry unseen stories and layered identities. I came into this field through experience first, before I ever had the tools or titles. I’ve always been drawn to the moments when someone feels deeply understood. I’ve been fortunate to experience relationships in my own life that allowed me to feel fully human. That sense of acceptance shaped how I show up for others, constructing a climate where you can be met with honesty, warmth, and authenticity.
I don’t see culture as something to tiptoe around. I see it as the backdrop of every story. I come in ready to listen, learn, and unlearn.
Easy to talk to without it feeling surface-level. Intuitive in a way that feels like I “get it” before they’ve even found the words.
I grew up in the Texas foster care system, which opened my eyes to deep systemic injustices—but also brought people into my life who chose to care for me when they didn’t have to. Being moved through different homes exposed me to a wide range of cultures, beliefs, and ways of life. That constant change shaped me, broadened my perspective, and helped me become more open-minded and well-rounded. Even without traditional familial role models, I encountered real empathy and love in unexpected places. These experiences are what led me to become a therapist. I show up the way I would’ve wanted someone to show up for me.
I’ve never fit into neat boxes, and I don’t expect the world to, either. I’ve had to make peace with complexity: spiritual, cultural, and emotional. I don’t pretend to know everything about everyone, but I know what it feels like to want to be understood without having to explain everything. I move through life holding that tension, staying awake to what people carry and how they communicate, especially the unspoken things. To me, culture isn’t just heritage; it’s rhythm, environment, language, memory, and survival. It shapes how we think, how we move, and how we make sense of the world. Being responsive isn’t a skill I picked up; it’s how I live. I try not to move through life on autopilot or assume one story applies to everyone. I stay open, because everyone carries something that deserves to be met with care.
Age & Intergenerational Experiences
Intergenerational Trauma & Healing
LGBTQ+ Families
Neurodivergent Experiences (ADHD, etc.)
Mental Health Conditions & Psychiatric Disabilities
Somatic Approaches for Diverse Bodies
Poverty & Economic Insecurity
Relationship Structure Diversity
Bicultural / Multicultural Identities
Spiritual Seeking & Religious Transitions
I gravitate toward music, spoken word, photography, and reflective spaces where authenticity is welcomed. Creative expression helps me recharge and stay connected to my core.
I often process life through art and sound more than through words. I find therapy happens in those quieter, more expressive moments too.
Having found healing in real, honest relationships myself, I carry that forward by creating space where others can feel truly seen and safe to just be.
Music and solitude, and connecting with people who don’t need me to code-switch or explain myself all bring me joy. Being in spaces where I can just be is a quiet form of liberation for me.
I’m currently learning how to capture feeling, mood, and emotion through photography and cinematography; exploring how visual storytelling can hold just as much truth as words
I hold a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and bring experience across residential, community, and school-based settings. My work has included supporting foster youth, families, LGBTQIA+ individuals, high-risk teens, and parents or pregnant individuals navigating financial hardship. I’ve walked alongside people facing a wide range of challenges; from systemic and interpersonal trauma to faith deconstruction and religious harm, as well as those living with depression, anxiety, autism, ADHD, and more.
lived experience, and clients, more than anything. Sitting with people in their rawest, most unfiltered moments has taught me how to be fully present.
Starting out in community spaces where I supported families, young adults, and people navigating systems. I’ve worked in schools, group homes, residential settings, and with crisis teams. Each role sharpened how I listen, how I advocate, and how I show up.
I’m trained in trauma-informed care, and have completed continuing education in cultural humility, somatic tools, and integrative approaches. I’ve also pursued training in working with LGBTQIA+ clients, and I continue to seek out spaces led by and for clinicians of color.
Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Licensed LPC-A/ LMHC, NCC (National Certified Counselor)
Kind of like a soft hoodie with deep pockets; you might not notice me first in the room, but once you do, you’ll want to stay awhile. I’m big on vibe over volume, loyal to my playlists, and known to light a candle just to set the mood for folding laundry. I move slow, think deep, feel a lot, and laugh easily once I’m comfortable. I’ve got a soft heart and sharp instincts, and I’ll choose dim lights, honest conversations, and intentional energy every single time.
My students at the group home called me their cool auntie, and honestly, that tracks. I’ve got four nieces and two nephews, with another niece or nephew on the way. I guess being the “fun but responsible” auntie just comes naturally to me.
Showing up as my perfectly imperfect self; no scripts, no filters. Bonus points if you have good book and song recs.
My headphones, because life’s just better with a soundtrack, and honestly, I probably sing (badly) more than I should.
Cinematography, because who doesn’t want to make everyday moments look like movie magic? Plus, I’m low-key plotting my future director’s chair.
It’s the vibe of Forever on Netflix – soulful, real, and always a mood.
