I am currently pursuing my PsyD degree so that I can be a mental health professional and researcher. My ultimate goal is to provide community-based individual and group therapy and work in academia as a professor, so I can mentor students. I also work in the biotechnology field as a manager of patient advocacy. In my role, I am responsible for advocating on behalf of rare disease patients and patient organizations so that my company can ensure the community perspective is incorporated in to both research and business decisions. I also perform patient experience research in order to better understand unmet needs and potential solutions within patient communities. The results of my research are then shared with patient advocacy organizations and my own organization so that we can collaboratively generate resources to address unmet needs. Outside of my work and school, I love to spent time cultivating my creativity. I enjoy making rugs and textiles by hand, learning about digital art and illustration, reading all genres of books, and writing. I also teach and practice yoga regularly, which has been a wonderful source of friendship, spirituality, self-care, and community.

• Receptionist/Office Coordinator

  Biotechnology · BridgeBio Pharma

  Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

• Executive Assistant

  Biotechnology · BridgeBio Pharma

  Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

• Manager, Patient Advocacy

  Biotechnology · BridgeBio Pharma

  Jan 2021 – Present

• Advocacy
• Volunteering
• Philanthropy
• Entrepreneurship

• Tennis

  Varsity · 1 award

  2009 – 2013

  Awards:

  Tennis Club Captain

• Student researcher

  Pepperdine University · Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology

  2019 – 2021

  Research topic:

  Neuropsychological effects of mindfulness based treatments in at-risk youth

• Manager, Patient Advocacy

  BridgeBio Pharma · Rare Disease

  2021 – Present

  Research topic:

  Unmet needs in patients living with the rare disease transthyretin amyloidosis

• Manager, Patient Advocacy

  Advocacy · BridgeBio Pharma

  2021 – Present

  Mission:

  Advocate on behalf of rare disease patients within a pharmaceutical space to ensure clinical trials are meaningfully designed in a way that demonstrates treatments are viewed as effective by patients