When I was fourteen years old, I had a premonitive dream that I would be seriously injured. Not long after, I broke my neck while competing in a wrestling match on my high school team and was paralyzed from the neck down. At the time of my injury, I had an out-of-body experience that was the same vision as my dream from weeks before. The doctors told my family I had a two percent chance of recovery.

During my 4 months of recuperating in the hospital, I developed a technique of quieting my conscious mind and using what I now understand to be self-directed neuroplasticity to reactivate sensation and movement in my body. I astounded doctors, defeated the odds, and eventually walked out of the hospital. As I recovered, I began having access to visionary states of consciousness. Integrating and understanding these changes to my nervous system was difficult and overwhelming. 

Being neurodivergent, I have dedicated my life and career to understanding consciousness and the healing faculties latent within. After receiving a BA in International Relations and International Development, I became fascinated with understanding better ecological development models focused on regenerative agriculture and permaculture, and how humans can live harmoniously within the natural ecosystem (including our individual ecosystems, collective ecosystems, and ecological systems). 

My journey led me to study and work in ecological design, permaculture, environmental activism, organic farming, and herbalism with Indigenous and rural communities in Southeast Asia, Australia, and Africa. The more I learned, the more I felt an intense connection with the natural world and how human consciousness can build direct connections with it.  

Fascinated and armed with the certainty that the mind is capable of immense healing, I set out to learn all I could about hypnotherapy, traditional healing, and the deeper systems of studying nature as a life path. As I deepened my knowledge of the energetics of plants, I expanded my studies in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, integrative hypnotherapy, and practical neuroscience.  

I am the founder of Neurodelics, a neurodiversity-informed, AI-powered digital platform for all neurotypes and those in need of mental health support, education, and regulation, as well as Decriminalize Nature Philadelphia, a registered 501-C4 in Philadelphia working to pass a resolution at the city level.