I grew up in upstate New York with my loving parents and two sisters; most of my youth, I genuinely don't remember. I was diagnosed with ADHD and OCD and have been told 'stories' of myself as an angry child.. but fast forward a few years at the age of 9, my dad's job relocation sent us to south Charlotte, NC. When I was younger, you could find me behind my house at the creek with my friends collecting tadpoles and lizards and visiting the horse farms. Animals have always been a massive part of my life. Fast forward a couple more years, after graduating high school, doing some college classes, and discovering more of who I am, I split with my long-term boyfriend. Finding yoga helped me through my breakup, which led me to find my soulmate. I fell in love with and married one of my high school friends, Morgan, in April 2018. After four moves with the Military and after my husband's separation, we now reside in North Carolina. We have two fur babies, Smokey and Benny, who I love to pieces, and we welcomed our first baby boy into the world in February 2022.
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In late 2021, after I learned I was newly expecting, I had sudden onsets of migraines, sickness, temperature fluctuations, basically everything. After attempts were made at home, I ended up going to the hospital and receiving IV fluids and was sent home shortly after. Not even two days later, I was back at the hospital, this time ultimately crashing. I told my mom and husband in the hospital that night, " I don't want to die tonight. I need a head scan. Something is wrong." Finally, after days of not eating, throwing up around the clock, getting so dizzy, and going in and out of consciousness, I was rushed to another hospital after an MRI, which revealed I had a brain tumor in the "balance center" in the right backside of my brain. Three days later, I "woke up" and was told I had emergency brain surgery, and after a quick ultrasound, the baby boy inside me was okay. After a few follow-up appointments, it was confirmed that the tumor was taken out and was non-cancerous. Crazy, I know. Fast forward to February 2022, I have since delivered my healthy baby boy, my benign tumor is all gone, and it's *almost* as if it never happened.
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On a happier note, I am a homebody, which naturally gives me a secondary passion for plants. (or maybe I'm just obsessed). We currently house over 25+ indoor plants and a big outdoor garden plot that we tend each summer. We love to cook, or I love when my husband cooks for me, lol, and we especially love it when we get to incorporate our home-grown food.

I have a lot of goals in life, but my goal for this website, my Instagram, etc., is to inspire others to be happy and confident exactly where they are in life and their yoga practice. Thanks for reading!