Primary Education:
Dr. Aviva Romm’s Herbal Medicine for Women (18 month course. Expected to complete the program in 2024): Specialized education in herbal medicine for women during puberty, pregnancy, through menopause instructed by Aviva Romm MD. Currently Enrolled.
David Winston’s Graduate Program: Further education in clinical herbalism, including functional bloodwork analysis, working with low-dose botanicals, herb-drug interactions, and more.
David Winston’s Therapeutics Program: Deeper study into clinical practice and herbal, nutritional, and lifestyle protocols for specific indications. Emphasis is made on proper intake protocol and formulation during supervised clinical hours.
David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies: In this intensive 2-year program, we covered materia medica, diagnostics, Traditional Chinese Medicine, client intake and herbal formulation, phytochemistry, and more.
Marlboro College: BA in Plant Chemical Ecology & Visual Art. My studies focused on ethnobotany and plant-insect relationships. In my thesis, I reviewed the impact plant domestication has had on the relationships between plants and their environment, and how plant allelochemicals have influenced the relationships humans have formed with plants.
Mentorship
Mentorship with Kerry Adams, RH AHG, ABT, NCCAOM: One-on-one mentorship with Registered Herbalist Kerry Adams to grow and sharpen my clinical skills. Ongoing (began August 2022).
In addition, I have taken Art of Home Herbalism at Thyme Herbal, Taste of Herbs with Rosalee de la Foret, and short-term courses with herbalists such as Paul Bergner & Tammi Sweet, and have attended multiple workshops and lectures throughout the years at herbal conferences and with the American Herbalist Guild. I am affiliated with the American Herbalist Guild and am working towards becoming a Registered Herbalist (this is a process!).
I also have three seasons’ worth of small-scale organic farming experience and two years experience professional gardening/landscaping.