Hello! Throughout the years, climbing became an outlet to conquer my fears and anxieties and become a physically stronger athlete, but more importantly, it provided significant mental benefits, including confidence, focus, passion, motivation, an ability to push through and deal with the unexpected; my anxious thoughts are squandered once I find myself on the rock. I never expected to benefit in so many ways, and for others like me that are simply unaware of the possibility or don’t feel like they could ever get involved – I want to share with them, guide them, nurture within them the immense power of recreational therapy through climbing.

In addition to climbing, I also enjoy mountain and downhill biking, trail running, paddle boarding, collecting more rare plants than my space allows, baking, and wildlife rescue, especially rehabilitating and releasing orphaned or injured wild eastern cottontails.