Education 

SUNY Cortland, Health Education, M.S. 
SUNY Cortland, Health Education, magna cum laude, B.S.
NYS Permanent Teaching Certification Health Education K-12
Graduate Studies-Stress Management, University of South Carolina 
AADP  Certified Holistic Health Counselor,  Institute of Integrative Nutrition
Guiding Mindful Change Coach & National Trainer

Certifications

Health & Wellness Coach, 2006- Present  (NHWBC Exam 11/2022) 
International Recovery Coach, March  2021
ASAP NYCB Recovery Coach & Trainer, March 2021
NYS CRPA-Family Trainer, October 2019 (first cohort in NYS)
NYS Peer Supervision Trainer Spring 2018
CCAR Recovery Coach Training of Trainers (TOT), August 2017
CCAR Recovery Coach Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches Training of  Trainers (TOT),
CCAR Recovery Advocacy Coach, July 2017
CCAR Ethical Considerations for Recovery Coaches, July 2017
Recovery Ally Trainer; Recovery Ally Training of Trainers, Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery (HECAOD @ Ohio State University HECAOD

Teaching

Courses and programs focus on applied and integrated learning.  Take health and wellness concepts, theories and information and discover how they can increase and transform personal and professional health and wellbeing.  Classes typically spend a quarter of the time on lecture and the majority of the time learning from discussions, project based learning and practical experience that will be useful in the workforce as well as personal life. Acknowledging one pathway does not fit all, instruction is dynamic and filled with passion and purpose. Courses help complex health science information come to life and have a partner to assist in utilizing this information in the ways that make sense individually.

Grounded in the latest, ever changing science and research, nutrition labs have opportunities to prepare and try new foods, stress management and meditation classes provide a variety of easy, evidence based techniques for managing stress.  Life and Recovery Coaching classes equip you with communication skills for more positive interactions in all of your relationships.

Courses 

HLTH 2400 Stress Management; HLTH 1510 Introduction to Nutrition (Lab); WELL 1007 Eating Well; HLTH 1207 Foundations of Personal Health; WELL 1005 Learning to Meditate; HLTH Perspectives of Drugs and Society; HLTH 2900 Recovery Peer Coaching & Advocacy; HLTH 2100 Life Coaching for Health Behavior Change; WELL 1016 Health & Happiness

Publications and/or Conference Presentations and/or Professional Projects

• Stress First Aid for Veterans, Train the Trainer, Ithaca College Gerontology Institute, February 2021 
• Neurobiology of Shame & Empathy, Dr. Erin Zerbo, 
• Changing Language to Change Care: Stigma & Substance Use Disorder, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
• Recovery Live:  Supporting Resilience & Recovery During Hard Times
• Deconstructing Unconscious Bias in Behavioral Health Care - Dismantling Bias and Building Equity
• Resiliency 2020-Resilience in An Ever-changing World
• Recovery LIVE! Supporting Recovery for All: Racial Equity in Recovery
• Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center 
• • 2nd Annual SUNY AOD Convening Day, Albany, NY

  • Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery (HECAOD @ Ohio State University) Screen U, Marijuana

• Recovery LIVE! Supporting the Resilience of Black Men: Culturally Affirming and Responsive Approaches to Engagement, Treatment, and Recovery

• PCSS: Trauma and Addiction, February 2021

• PCSS:   Evidence in Non-pharmologic Pain Planning in Primary Care, January 2021

• ASAP NYCB:  Our Stories Have Power, June 2021

• Active Minds, VAR Training for Mental Health, July 2021

Organizations

• Eta Sigma Gamma - National Honorary Society of Health Educators
  
• National Wellness Institute Member 1989-present
• Member of the American Counseling Association 2003-present
  
• Member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Beta Chi Chapter 2011-present
• Member of the International Association of Recovery Coach Professionals (IARCP) 2021-present

Awards

New York State Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching,  May 2000
Corning Community College Board of Trustees Excellence in Teaching Award, May 1997