Like most counselors, what drove my interest to becoming a therapist was a combination of lived experiences and learned statistics. More specifically, witnessing the lack of actual sexual education in high school sex ed is what pivoted me to my role of “someone needs to be real about this” as well as “ok, but what about education for all the not straight people?”. LGBTQ and sexual health matters dominate my clinical focus, however, I still take pride in helping people navigate unrelated anxiety and depression type disorders.