Credentials

I am an Oregon Medical Board Licensed Acupuncturist, LAc and nationally recognized as a Diplomat of Oriental Medicine, Dipl O.M. having an expanded training and testing of herbal medicine. I hold a Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine, MSOM from the National College of Natural Medicine, a four year graduate program.

EDUCATION

  • MSOM, NATIONAL COLLEGE OF NATURAL MEDICINE; PORTLAND, OR — 2011-2015 

  • GRADUATE THESIS; PORTLAND, OR  “First Responding with Chinese Medicine.: Treatment of Common Acute and Emergency Conditions."

  • CHINA STUDY; HERON INSTITUTE; XI’AN, CHINA — 2013 

  • B.A. IN HUMAN ECOLOGY, COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC; BAR HARBOR, ME — 2001-2005 

  • INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES SEMESTER; BOSTON UNIVERSITY — 2004 

a bit more about me

In my free time I enjoy cooking (and eating) cultural dishes, getting my hands in the dirt, smelling the forest and adventuring with friends and family. Play, movement and nature provide me with some of the best medicine this world offers.

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