Biography

I am a Certified Peer Support Specialist, Mental Health First Aider, and Emotional First Aider working with Wellness in the Woods in Minnesota as a Peer Support Connection. Though I am currently residing in western Minnesota I was born and raised in Maryland. I have also lived in Virginia, Texas and North Dakota. I am a mother to 2 only Special needs children (ages 31 and 13) and an estranged grandmother of 3. I have 2 Emotional Support Animal cats. I have lived experience as an Adult survivor of Childhood Sexual Trauma, Domestic Violence, Multiple Adult Sexual Assaults/Rapes, Abandonment, Life Beyond Divorce, Type 2 diabetes, PTSD, Empty nest syndrome, menopause, Codependency, Recipient of WLS (Modified DS), I have been incarcerated occasionally, and am a survivor of alcoholic parents, raised in a multi generational household and broken family, I recently graduated from therapy and currently attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College as a business major.

Specialties