Completing an M.A. in Counseling Psychology at the California Institute for Integral Studies, Berkeley, California.
Trained in theatre and creative arts therapies at Columbia University, the New School University, and the New York Open Center.
While at Columbia, sang alto in the a capella ensemble "Uptown".
April 2004 - Directed the Herstories Project production in Berkeley, California of a multimedia theatrical production, "Bone Songs: Echoes of the Unknown Mother".