You need relief from this pressure.

I know what it is like to feel stuck.

It’s a pretty shitty feeling.

I’m a neurodivergent and passionate Latina, so I know a thing or two about getting in trouble and feeling like I’m being too much and not enough at the exact same time (I know, talent). I know about stepping on toes as I’m am passionate about social advocacy and challenging oppression.

I have experienced that pressure of being perfect and how soul sucking it can be. Like seriously, I watched Encanto and resonated with the pressure Luisa and Isabela experienced in their family as well as the pressure Meilin feels in Turning Red. (Darn you, Disney and Pixar, for making us feel!)

But I also know what it’s like to have that balance of supportive friends, taking breaks for self-care and excitement, while making space for those dark and twisty moments (so what? I relate to Meredith Grey and Cristina Yang). It is possible to move from feeling stagnant and purposeless in life to being excited about what’s next to come.

My strengths are in providing a safe, validating place for you to release those dark and painful thoughts and experiences so you can embrace the things that create spark in your life.

While it feels like things may never change, especially if you have been to therapists in the past that just didn’t get it, there is always hope that things can work out differently than how they are.

My previous work

I earned my BA in Psychology from San Francisco State University in 2010. I earned my MS in Counseling Psychology from California State University, Bakersfield in 2017.

I am currently a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in CA (#121886).

I have been working in the mental health field for approximately 10 years. I have experience doing case management and crisis services. I have been trained to work the crisis hotline, in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT). I have experience running coping skill, DBT, and depression groups. I have been practicing therapy since 2014.

Outside of Therapy

I enjoy dancing (or flailing around), running (when I’m not too winded), and playing with art. I am passionate about planners and pens. When not in a pandemic, I also enjoy traveling and going on adventures with my friends and family. I love animals, musicals, specific types of anime (who’s watching Yashahime?!) and good food.

I am also the co-owner of Rebel Revolution - a business aimed to address privilege as a way to stop weaponizing it to harm and silence marginalized communities. I also co-host the Rebel Revolution podcast where we have real conversations about oppression and challenge the system.