Hello PCC community!
My professional and educational background is a mix of social work, education, and public health. I have both a Masters in Public Health and a Masters of Arts in Teaching: Health Education. I’ve been in the Health Studies department at PCC since 2011 and have served in interim capacities with community-based learning and veterans services at PCC. From 2015 to 2018, I also taught various graduate-level public health, nutrition, and global health courses at the National University of Natural Medicine. I find teaching and mentoring students in my passion areas to be such a rewarding career experience and I truly believe in the content that I teach. My primary areas of interest include personal health development, environmental health, global health, integrative health, and functional medicine. In past career roles, I have also worked with children in various capacities, assisted veterans and military personnel, and served as a licensed massage therapist.
I’ve long called Oregon home but have lived in locations around the US and overseas. I am a huge proponent of living a life one loves, of finding work that one believes in, and of creating work/life balance. I am a lover of the outdoors, road trips, quality time with my family, and investigating food and cultural systems in settings across the US and internationally.
Working at PCC has been an incredibly rewarding experience and I thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to teach and learn from a diverse array of students. It’s my hope that I get the opportunity to work with you and as always, I’m wishing you the best with all of your endeavors.
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