If you are thinking of hiring me as your health care provider, you deserve to see my résumé!
Formal Education:
Functional Diagnostic Nutrition practitioner
2014-2015 Graduated from the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition program, founded by Reed Davis
Masters in Oriental Medicine
2000-2003 International Institute of Chinese Medicine
Recipient of the Zeng scholarship, 3.8 GPA
Bachelors in Fine Arts
1992-1996 Ohio University
Double major in studio art and art history, minor in Spanish, 3.7 GPA
Practice Experience:
October 2011- Present
Owner, Health Coach & Founder of Women's Wellness Collaborative Portland, Oregon
Tasks: Research, Host of two Joyfully Pregnant online telesummits (totaling 3,000 attendees), Host of Hormones: A Women's Wellness Summit (over 30,000 attendees), Creator of Launch Camp group fertility education program, Creator of Perfect Periods program, Creator of customized women's health plans for clients both via Skype, Host of Women's Wellness Radio and Sperm Meets Egg, and the Author of Making Super Sperm and the upcoming title, You Have Amazing Eggs.
July 2007- July 2017
Owner and Acupuncturist at Blue Sky Wellness Studio Portland, Oregon
Tasks: Patient Care, especially in acute and chronic pain, mental health, diet, pregnancy care and women's health. Lead staff of 10 acupuncturists, massage therapists, chiropractors and naturopathic physicians in integrative care. Conducted over 10,000 treatments. (www.blueskyportland.com)
July 2004- July 2007
Self-employed Acupuncturist at Yoga Pearl Portland, Oregon
Tasks: Patient Care, Billing, File Preparation, Schedule Management, Inventory Orders, Marketing
January 2006- February 2007
Acupuncturist Employee at Cascade Acupuncture Hood River, Oregon
Tasks: Patient Care in group and private setting, Note and Record keeping, Clerical Assistance
Continuing Education:
Blueprint for Healthy Living - Environmental Toxins course with Lara Adler - 20 hours
Eat to Live 1, Rylen Feeney, ABT, CH, LMT- 16 hours
Men’s Health and Infertility, Peter Deadman- 5 hours
PCOS: Treatment of Infertility, Jane Lyttleton- 3 hours
Balancing Hormones and Supporting Breast Health, Lynn Mikel, ND - 8 hours
EPT treatment for pain-Malvin Finkelstein, LAc- 42 hours
Gut: Core of Self by Daniel Weber, LAc - 8 hrs
Big Shift Experience Coaching course with Bill Baren Coaching- 3 years
Basic Balancing and Advanced Balancing- Dr. Tan, OMD- 16 hours
Mater Tung’s Balancing treatments -Cole Magbanua, LAc-28 hours
Treating Infertility with Chinese Medicine- Cindy McClieu, LAc - 16 hours
Japanese Hari Treatment - Koi Kuahara, OMD - 100 hours
Endocrinology- Satya Ambrose, LAc, ND -7 hours
Herb Drug Interaction- John Chen, OMD -7 hours
Extraordinary Vessels- Jeffrey Yuen, OMD -14 hours
Motor points- Matt Callison, LAc-14 hours
Myofascial massage techniques- Til Lachau, LMT- 14 hours
Clinical Assessment Tools course (lab data) with Dr. RitaMarie Loscalzo - 80 hours
BabyDust Fertility Lectures with Amelia Hirota, LAc - 8 hours
The Fertility Patient and Thyroid Autoimmune Disease with Leslie Oldershaw- 5 hours
Metabolic Syndrome and PCOS with Dagmar Ehling - 5 Hours
Defending the Human Fortress (Immune) with Lee Carroll - 8 hours
Teaching Experience:
2004-2014
Courses taught to public, in person or on-line:
“Qi Flow” a series of three lecture co-taught with a yogi/craniosacral therapist, “Herbs for Energy and Immunity,” “Treating Colds and Flu with Chinese Medicine,” and “Treating Infertility with Chinese Medicine,” “Treating Pain with Chinese Medicine”, “Quitting Smoking with Acupuncture and Hypnotherapy,” “Ancient Chinese Secrets of Eating,” “Get Pregnant Now, “Best Nutrition for Maximum Fertility,” "How to Get Pregnant: Five Things Every Woman Should Know," "The Five Fertility Archetypes."
Summer 2010
Administrative Teaching Assistant
Assistant to Dr. Zhaoxue Lu, herbology review course, OCOM, Portland, Oregon
Tasks: compiling data, editing content for teaching materials
1997-99
Taught English as a first and second language in Guyana, Mexico and Ohio