As a highly competitive collegiate and professional athlete, I naturally gravitated toward mental health advocacy. The seriousness of creating a positive process with practical, comfortable, and personal implementation is crucial in anyone’s individual journey.

At a really impressionable age, playing in a National Championship set the stage for recognizing that discipline and dedication can take you far. It is important for me to share the message with anyone that needs a positive reminder that hard work and integrity pay off, every time. All ages can benefit from this type of constructive criticism and positive reinforcement. I was blessed to be a student-athlete and team captain at Dripping Springs High School, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, and then further my career in volleyball by playing internationally and then assist and head coach collegiately for nine seasons. As an Austin native, I have been coaching since I was home for the summers of 2006-2010 coaching camp for the University of Texas at Austin volleyball program. All the while as a student-athlete I volunteered my time at Club Corpus and fell in love with the coaching side of the game.

Upon graduation, I coached at Centenary and Arkansas-Monticello, where I assisted in practice and game day coaching, recruitment and retention of student-athletes, and emotional, athletic, and academic player development. I then was led to volunteer assistant coach at Louisiana Tech University and worked on the administrative side of athletics where I spearheaded/designed programs to assist in establishing branding strategies for social media, print, television, and radio outlets. I created and executed a marketing plan for the athletic program’s two largest community service efforts: sell sponsorships for prominent athletic and charitable fundraisers, and assist in game management and operation duties for football, basketball, soccer and volleyball programs. As Head Coach at Navarro College I coached the Bulldogs to NJCAA Top 20 finish prior to conference tournament contention (First in School’s History all 3 fall sports were nationally ranked) and to its first Region XIV Conference Tournament appearance in 7 seasons with 4 consecutive appearances to follow. I was nominated for Coach of the Year for the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 seasons. I currently run summer and developmental camps for Austin Performance Volleyball since November of 2016 and have provided private lessons, mindset mentoring, and counseling sessions to countless young athletes.

Each client presents a unique opportunity for me to create a tailored program that best suits the client’s individual needs. My experiences as a former collegiate student-athlete, professional athlete, head coach, mentor, and believer (spiritual wayshower) have inspired my philosophy as well as my passionate desire to help others achieve personal empowerment, and success throughout volleyball as it translates to life experiences. My genuine interest in coaching young people as well as the well-being of athletes and the promotion of their passion is what has motivated me to pursue this profession and use my gifts with those seeking to create more wholeness in themselves.