I am the proud daughter of Scherod & Tarrie, who have shown me unlimited support and love for as long as I can remember. The highlight & highest calling of my life is serving as a mother of two outstanding adults, Jeremiah (21) and Micayla (19), two miracles for whom I am eternally grateful everyday.

Education

I was born and raised in Baltimore, MD and attended the oldest all-girl public high school in the nation, Western Senior High. I subsequently obtained my Bachelor of Science degree in Biology & Chemistry (2000), followed by my Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (2013) at Bowie State University. After completing a fellowship in clinical research at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), my love for medicine and research was strengthened.

After working in various hospitals and private practices as a Registered Nurse (RN), I ventured to pursue my Master of Science in Nursing and became a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. In this capacity, I have worked in pediatrics, primary care clinics and with our esteemed Veteran population as a contractor with the Veterans Affairs Administration.

The Problem that Needs to be Addressed

As a family nurse practitioner turned health and wellness consultant, for years I witnessed patients struggle with chronic health issues, despite following conventional medical treatment plans. The chronic disease epidemic that plagues our country often resembles an endless cycle of prescribing more medications, ordering more labs/imaging, and making more referrals to more and more specialists, who often do not communicate with each other, leading to a lack of continuity of care and increased frustration for the patient. In the end, patients ultimately continue getting sicker, feeling unheard/unseen and are requiring more medication or more drastic interventions.

I knew there had to be a better way.

The realization that 80% of the noncommunicable chronic diseases are due to inflammation signifies that we must battle sickness in our country differently. That’s when I discovered the power of taking a functional medicine approach to ultimately get to the root cause of sickness/disease instead of just treating symptoms.

Specifically, diabetes has negatively impacted the lives of many of my family members and friends. I am determined to help as many people with prediabetes as I can… halt their progression to diabetes. This is my driving force AND this is why I am here to help you!

I’m passionate about guiding others on their wellness journey, helping them take control of their health through education, personalized support, and holistic healing. The body’s systems are deeply interconnected, and true wellness comes from addressing the whole person, not just lab results or isolated symptoms.

A Part of My Health Journey

My own health journey reinforced this belief. Having been born prematurely my lungs and kidneys were not fully developed. This led to several health challenges over the course of my childhood into adulthood. Most recently, I suffered an injury that led to a partially-torn meniscus. This injury caused significant inflammation, pain and limited mobility in my right knee. After seeing a specialist and being told that I could “just let it be”, take anti-inflammatory meds like Motrin and receive steroid injection OR opt for surgery, I knew that I needed to find a better way to manage so that this injury did not negatively impact my ability to function nor hamper my quality of life.

I turned to an anti-inflammatory lifestyle and it changed everything for me, not just eliminating my swelling and pain, but I noticed benefits in other body systems, such as my gut, skin, focus, energy level and mental health.