Meet Our Staff

Director, Center for Health Promotion

I started working for Ithaca College CHP in Fall 2021. Before joining the Ithaca College family my previous professional roles were in an Office of Health Promotion at another institution and a non-profit agency for substance use concerns. I have my Master’s in Public Health degree (Boston University) and a BS in Health Science & Exercise Physiology (The College at Brockport, SUNY). I chose my career path in College Health Promotion and Prevention work after my incredible experience as a Peer Educator at Brockport – where we strived to “make health contagious!”

My professional areas of expertise include sexual health, prosocial bystander intervention, substance use, and interpersonal violence prevention work. Although these are my areas of expertise, I have done work on a variety of additional wellness topics and strive to keep learning! I am passionate about college wellness and working with students and colleagues to weave wellness into the fabric of the campus community.

In personal time I enjoy spending time with my cats, family, and friends, reading, amateur couponing, crafting and board games!  

Health Promotion Specialist, Center for Health Promotion

I started working for Ithaca College in August of 2024. My interest in health promotion started in my undergrad when I was a peer educator for the Health and Wellness Prevention office at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. After graduating with my BS in Community Health, I worked in several non-profits providing drug and alcohol education to high school, middle school, and elementary school students. After working with community collations, I realized how much I loved working with college students, and I decided to go back to school and get my Master's in Public Health to work in higher education. I started at West Chester University of Pennsylvania and was able to have a graduate assistantship in the wellness promotion office. I gained incredible valuable skills that I apply to this job every day.

I am passionate about well-being and the different facets it entails. I am a public health nerd have studied the effects drugs and alcohol can have on your body and mental health during both my undergrad and graduate careers. I adapted the T-break Guide to be West Chester-specific during my GA role.

I enjoy spending time outdoors and going on hikes with my dogs. I am also an avid reader and love listening to true-crime podcasts.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

I have been part of the Ithaca community, both on and off-campus, for the better part of 15 years, and now currently work here at the departments of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Center for Health Promotion (CHP) as their administrative assistant.

I am also a native New Yorker to the southern tier of upstate NY, and alumna to Ithaca College. Graduating in 2018 with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, and minors in Counseling and Latino/a Studies, I would later the join the college as a professional staff member that same year at the Center for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Social Change, later known as the BIPOC Unity Center (c. 2023). I currently work at the college by providing administrative and logistical support for CAPS and CHP, beginning April 2025. I am also an active member of the Student Emergency Relief fund committee for the 25-26 academic year.

Outside of the office, I identify as a self-taught mixed media artist and chronic hobbyist, with passions for music, makings, and social justice spaces that are based in a community-centered value. You can catch me in the basement of the Hammond Health Center blasting a Spotify playlist (or two), or talking about my most recent art showing.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

~ Biography coming soon~