CULINARY WORKSHOP

INSTRUCTOR

October 2016 - October 2017

Taught healthy cooking classes for major supermarket chain

Favorite part: creating delicious, healthy food and meeting new people

EDUCATION

Fashion Institute of Technology

A.A.S. Textile/Surface Design 1987 

School of Visual Arts

Foundation year 1985 

University of New Hampshire 

B.A. English 1981 

DUKE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH

July 2014 - July 2015

Completed foundation and

certification programs at

Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham, NC

Favorite part: being part of a caring community focused on promoting lifestyle medicine

ARTFUL PALATE

CATERING COMPANY

August 2003 - June 2006

Founded catering company

Catered events ranging in size

from 8 to 100 guests

Favorite part: creating menus and bringing joy to people through food

COCHLEAR IMPLANT 

SURGERY

September 2009 

Experienced hearing loss as an adult which led to profound deafness  

After successful implant surgery 

regained hearing  

Favorite part: appreciating the ability to have real conversations 

CONCORDIA INTEGRATIVE HEALTH COACHING

July 2014 - Present 

Founded health coaching practice 

Favorite part: partnering with people to help them achieve their health goals 

CHEF COACHING

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

September 2015

Completed Chef Coaching program at Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. Boston, MA

Favorite part: combining my culinary expertise, love of cooking and coaching skills to help people become healthier

CHEF COACHING PROGRAM

FACULTY MEMBER

September 2016 - Present 

Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA.

Facilitate group coaching sessions and assist with delivery and marketing of Clinicians CHEF Coaching Program 

Favorite part: working with Chef Coaching faculty as program develops and grows