ONCE UPON A TIME

I was a fearless 22 year old with big dreams of becoming an actress. And then, my world got flipped upside down. 

I'm talking negative-bank-account-and-was-sued-by-my-doctor broke. 

And so, in a desperate search for some stability, I took a job as a high school teacher so I could have all the “normal” things— a paycheck every two weeks, paid time off, and health insurance.

And I vividly remember that at the moment I signed my contract I thought— “this will never make you happy. ”

Me- circa 2008- 

right after moving into my NYC apartment

I ignored that whisper from the Universe... but it was right. 

Thankfully, it was also during this time that I started practicing yoga...which changed my life forever.

I started doing my own 200HR YTT throughout year five at my job.
 
And at the end of that year— after completing a 21-day meditation challenge— I got another whisper from the Universe:

And in June of 2015, that's exactly what I did. 

(and minus the negative bank account...
which ps--is positive nowadays 😉.)

I wake up every day and get to do work I love and I'm on a mission to help other women do the same... hopefully wayyy faster than I did. 

And now I run the leading online yoga teacher program, YogaRenew--
serving 60,000+ students around the world.

I've led 100+ students through in-person yoga teacher trainings who are now teaching all over the NYC/NJ area + beyond. 

I've owned + operated award winning yoga studios that offered a yoga home to thousands of incredible students

I've created + run workshops, retreats, and trainings to inspire students to dig deeper into their practice. 

I've organized + led citywide Wellness Crawl events-- with over 1,000 attendees-- to support 120+ local wellness businesses 

For the last 8 years I've worn every entrepreneurial hat there is... all focused in the yoga + wellness space.