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About Me
My work with horses and people began long before certifications, programs, or professional titles. I grew up with horses, riding from a young age and learning early that horses are teachers of presence, honesty, and humility. They shaped how I learned trust, responsibility, and relationship long before I had language for those things.
As life unfolded, horses became more than a passion. They became central to my own recovery and healing. In seasons where words fell short, horses offered regulation, grounding, and truth without judgment. They taught me how to listen with my body, how to slow down, and how safety is built moment by moment through consistency and care. That lived experience is the foundation of everything I do today.
I am the founder of Wild Willow Redemption Ranch, created as a place of restoration, safety, and second chances for both horses and humans. The ranch reflects what I know to be true. Healing is relational. Redemption is not rushed. And growth happens when trust is honored.
I am a Level 1 Certified Equine Guided Coach through Ariana Strozzani and trained in Equine Guided Education and Coaching, an experiential, relationship-based model that honors horses as teachers. This work supports embodied awareness, regulation, and insight through authentic connection with horses and nature, allowing healing and growth to unfold through presence rather than performance.
My equine guided work is supported through ongoing supervision with Trinity Challenge, which helps ensure this work is held with care, integrity, and respect for both horse and human. This support allows me to thoughtfully reflect, grow, and remain grounded in trauma-informed, ethical practice as Wild Willow Redemption Ranch continues to develop future equine-assisted therapy services.
Alongside my work with horses, I bring clinical mental health experience as a clinical intern at the Children’s Advocacy Center, where I work with children and families impacted by abuse, trauma, and complex relational wounds. My current clinical work includes Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and experiential modalities, allowing clients to process trauma not only through words, but through the body, creativity, relationship, and lived experience. This work has deeply informed my understanding of attachment, boundaries, emotional regulation, and how survival-based coping patterns develop over time.
I am a United States Marine Corps veteran, where I served six years and attained the rank of Corporal, working as a Radio Operator (MOS 0621) with an artillery unit. My role required calm under pressure, precision in communication, and constant awareness in complex, high- stress environments. During my service, I also participated in disaster relief efforts for multiple hurricanes between 2017 and 2018, supporting communities during moments of acute crisis, loss, and displacement. Those experiences deepened my understanding of service, leadership, and the human impact of trauma beyond the battlefield. I carry a personal, lived understanding of PTSD and Military Sexual Trauma, and that experience informs how I hold space today. It has taught me the importance of choice, trust, pacing, and safety, especially for those whose nervous systems have learned to survive. This background allows me to walk alongside veterans and trauma survivors with humility, respect, and a grounded understanding that healing is not linear and cannot be rushed.
In addition to my clinical and equine background, I have previously worked closely with veterans through a sponsorship program, walking alongside women veterans engaged in 12-step recovery. This work included support around substance use, process addictions, and the unlearning of survival patterns that were once necessary but no longer serve. That experience reinforced my belief that recovery is not about fixing behavior, but about restoring agency, dignity, and connection.
At Wild Willow Redemption Ranch, horses are honored as individuals with their own stories, and humans are met with respect for theirs. The work here is slow, intentional, and grounded in ethics, safety, and relationship.
This ranch exists because I believe deeply that healing happens when horses and humans are given the space to be seen, regulated, and restored together.