My Story
I grew up with sound but I lost my hearing when I was eight years old. I started regressing academically, so my parents made the decision to send me to a school for the deaf up in Massachusetts. I was there for three years and it completely changed my life. The teachers were able to get down to my level where I had lost everything, and catch me up. They gave me the tools that I needed to succeed, not just academically but also personally. They instilled a lot of confidence in me, and they instilled knowledge -- a broad knowledge base. They made a huge impact on me. I knew that I wanted, in some way, to give back. When I went off to college, I kind of veered off the track a little bit. I decided to go into psychology just because I really loved the inner workings of the mind. And then after I finished undergrad, that’s when I decided to go for school counseling and that opened the door to education. Life works in such mysterious ways, that it just so worked out that here I am now doing what I love and giving back.