Hey there! Church has always been a huge part of my life. My grandpa raised me to be a good little Catholic girl, and I cannot remember missing mass or Sunday School as a child. Once I was old enough to branch out more, I explored different churches until I eventually got ordained in the American Baptist denomination in 2019. My understanding of God and all the various ways I connect to our Creator is from my various church backgrounds, which I’m so grateful to have experienced.

I felt the call to ministry at a very young age. As a freshman in high school, I was the Sunday School teacher for K-2, served in the nursery, and was on the puppeteer team! Throughout my life I have always been in ministry in some capacity from various children and youth ministries, church planting, camp ministry and other non-profits. Most recently after graduating with my MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2017, I was the Associate Pastor of Campus Ministry at Grace Baptist Church in San Jose, CA.

I’m a huge extrovert. I love being with people! I am all for those long, real, and deep conversations. I think we walk away from those conversations as better people; every person we meet can teach us so much. I love to hike, ideally the hikes that take all day long not having to constantly check the time. Not only are those hikes good for our body, but also our mind and spirit. In my down time, if I am not on a hiking trail, I will be at a coffee shop or on a beach!