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I'm More Than My CV (and so are you)

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Like you, I’m many things at once.

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I love to travel. I rock climb. I’m an escape-room nerd. I read for pleasure (yes, really). I practice meditation—and when I’m especially anxious, I love a good horror movie. I’m learning Spanish after falling in love with Santiago, Chile. I aspire to one day get my life together enough to learn the piano.

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I’m a good friend. A loving partner. A caring daughter, sister, and aunt (it’s Dr. Da now). I’m sarcastic, curious, and deeply interested in conversations that challenge my biases. I love bread...my body does not. I love learning and probably always will.

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I'm a skilled communicator. I love research methods. I hate coding. I'd rather be the one designing and running the study than writing the paper. I loved my time at Michigan, and I had a complicated relationship with my PhD program.

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All of this matters because it's all me.

It's what makes me a whole human scholar. 

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And you deserve to show up as your whole self, too. Because the problem isn’t that you’re “too much” or don’t fit neatly into the academic mold. It’s that the mold was never designed for real, complex humans.

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I didn’t return to academia to earn my PhD until I was 36. I never thought of myself as “book smart,” thanks to some very persistent (and very wrong) messages I absorbed growing up. And I spent the first 2+ years of my program feeling like a complete fraud. 

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Before my PhD, I had multiple careers, including marketing, nonprofit fundraising, and corporate event management, before eventually earning a doctorate in psychology from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) and launching this coaching and consulting practice.

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There was no straight line.

No tidy narrative.

No single identity.

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That’s not a failure of focus or discipline.

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That’s a whole human life.

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And that belief, that we are allowed to be complex, nonlinear, curious, and fully ourselves, is at the heart of my work.

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If anything here resonates with you and you're ready to take the next step, I'd love to connect for a no-pressure, get-to-know-you conversation. 

The Work Behind the Work

A snapshot of my academic and applied training and public scholarship

Academic Training & Research

  • PhD in Psychology, University of Michigan 
     

  • Research on impostor phenomenon, perfectionism, burnout, and self-compassion
     

  • Peer-reviewed journal publications and conference presentations

Coaching & Applied Training

  • MasterTrack Certificate in Social Work​
     

  • Group Coaching HQ Certificate (ICF accredited)
     

  • Advanced Co-Active Coaching training (in progress; ICF accredited)

Public Scholarship

  • Author, book chapter on impostor phenomenon in higher education
     

  • Co-creator of the Managing Impostor Phenomenon in Graduate School workbook
     

  • Workshops for graduate students, faculty, and staff

Writings, Interviews, and Media

A sampling of my writing, interviews, and conversations on impostorism, self-compassion,
and the realities of academic life.

Curious about working together?
Let's chat

I’m really glad you’re here. I’d love to connect for a supportive, low-pressure conversation about where you are, what you’re navigating, and what kind of support might feel most helpful right now (even if you're not totally sure).

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You don’t need to prepare anything or have things figured out before we meet.

And there are no expectations about what comes after our call.

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