Although I have been in the Health & Wellness Field for over 20 years (as a competitive athlete and Biology/Psychology Major in Undergrad), my first career in wellness began in 2010 with a focus in fitness and nutrition when I became a private trainer and health coach for busy corporate executives in Abu Dhabi. In 2012, I moved back home to New York and became a personal trainer at the Equinox Fitness Club, on Wall Street, where I quickly become one of the top personal trainers. In less than 2 years, I was promoted to the Fitness Manager and fell in love with mentoring and supporting other trainers in their professional growth and business. Personal training and high level management were truly my greatest schooling and introduction to what it means to empower people and be a catalyst for their own greatness, In inspiring others and leading by example, I knew that coaching and supporting others to their desired results was one of my greatest passions and gifts.

After several years of fitness and nutrition coaching (including running my own personal training and private chef business), I moved on to other passions and endeavors and later began my holistic medicine journey in 2019 soon after I found myself deeply entangled with my own health challenges that were unexplainable and unsolved by western medicine. After years of emotional and stress eating, chronic digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, anxiety, depression, and several other challenges, I found deep healing and transformation with the integration of Ayurveda and other holistic modalities. I was so inspired and fascinated by my own self-healing journey, that I decided to pursue a professional career in the field of holistic medicine and decided to go back to school for it! In my time as as a student, I healed all my ailments, and developed several methods and programs for deep healing not only for myself, but family members, friends and clients. I graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Masters of Science degree in Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine and after 3 years of intense grad school, several hundred hours of client cases and Ayurvedic clinical training, and a whole lot of dedication and research, I can whole-heartedly say that immersing myself in the studies of holistic medicine has been one of the most rewarding and fulfilling paths of my life. 

Despite all the higher education and studies I have acquired throughout the years, my innate gifts and experience in coaching and mentoring others has actually been the most impactful to my health practice and clients. I know first hand that there is no program or health plan in the world that will do any good for someone when they don't have the support and tools to implement that plan. Mindset, emotional intelligence, discipline, integrity, self-responsibility, and the deep commitment and desire to grow; totally connected to SELF are absolutely essential for any kind of results and success. 

I am a firm believer that these traits can be elevated and nurtured with the right support and guidance and I am so grateful and humble to be a catalyst and facilitator for so many of my clients' transformations and healing journeys. Marrying my past experience in the fitness and nutrition space and my studies in Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine with my love and gift of empowered coaching is the magic that is Mind Body Veda.