About Me
As a licensed mental health counselor, dancer, musician, and lifelong lover of nature and animals, I bring a deep appreciation for the many ways we connect to ourselves and the world around us. My roots are in Cuba, Syria, and Italy, though I grew up in North Carolina and found my way to the Northeast as a teenager. My path to becoming a therapist was deeply personal — shaped by my own transformative experience as a client. As an adolescent, therapy offered me a space to be seen, supported, and to make sense of my inner world. That experience sparked a calling to offer that same sense of presence and care to others.
My commitment is to growth, healing, and connection — not only on the personal and relational levels, but also within the wider systems we all move through. My life has been deeply shaped by art, music, dance, yoga philosophy, and the natural world. These embodied, expressive traditions have offered me pathways for healing beyond words, and they continue to inspire the integrative lens I bring to therapy.
As a devoted learner and avid reader, I am always evolving through study, experience, and relationship. I see therapy as a space where both client and clinician grow together. To walk alongside another human in their healing is an honor I hold with humility, reverence, and care.