I qualified as an occupational therapist in the United States in 2013. My early years were split between pediatrics and acute inpatient rehabilitation, which taught me two things I still work from. From pediatrics, that development is a whole body process and rarely tidy. From rehab, that what matters is not the exercise itself but whether someone can get through their day afterward.

Then I found pelvic health, and I have not left it since.

For the last ten years that has been my focus. Pregnancy, birth recovery, chronic pelvic pain, prolapse, perimenopause, and the long tail of symptoms women get told to live with. Five of those years I spent running my own practice, Flourish Pelvic Health & Wellness, outside of Philadelphia. It’s a women's health and infant clinic, which meant I was often treating a mother and her newborn in the same hour, for problems that turned out to be connected.

That shaped how I work more than anything else. You cannot separate a woman's recovery from how she is feeding her baby, how she is lifting her toddler, or how much sleep she is not getting.

My training has followed the same line. I trained in myofascial release through the John Barnes approach, which is still the foundation of my hands on work, and I have added cupping and trigger point techniques alongside it. I have continuing education in infant feeding and oral function, prenatal and postpartum care, and pediatric development. I’m even on track to take my IBCLC exam in April 2027.

I’m so grateful to be able to create Luma and provide the same high level of care to my clients here as I was able to bring to my patients there.