For over 20 years I worked in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries — primarily in acute cardiac care, electrophysiology (pacemakers and ICDs), and hospital environments. That clinical exposure, alongside personal and family health challenges, gradually drew me toward a different set of questions: not only how the body fails, but how people endure, adapt, and rebuild.

My own health challenges, and watching family and community health change over time, inspired me to pursue advanced education and a more patient-centered, whole-person practice. I came to believe that most chronic disease stems from modifiable factors — diet, environment, and the way we live — and is, in large part, preventable through nutritional and lifestyle change.

That conviction led me to graduate study in clinical nutrition and, ultimately, to a PhD in Integrative and Functional Nutrition with a concentration in Mind-Body Medicine. Along the way, my focus shifted from individual intervention toward understanding resilience itself — especially in older women, whose strength and adaptation are too often overlooked in research.

As nutrigenomics continues to map individual needs, I expect the idea of generalized nutritional requirements to slowly give way to truly personalized care. My research and writing live at that intersection: rigorous inquiry into lived experience, paired with practical knowledge about nutrition, lifestyle, and healthy aging.

This page carries the personal narrative; for the concise professional bio, see About. Feel free to expand this story with more detail, milestones, or reflections over time.