Counselor Bio

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This is my fourth year at the Ranch, and I am EXCITED to be back!

I am passionate about being a school counselor and am passionate about being a mom.  I have the gift of having nine incredible children, and an incredible husband.  In my free time I am usually hanging out with them.

This past year I had the privilege of publishing my first two children’s book.  I am super proud of this accomplishment, the books already being used in both homes and classrooms.  I illustrated the book with my sixteen year old daughter.  The books are called: “Be Different & Be Kind.  A Story About Diversity” and “Hope.  A Story About Anti-Racism.”

Ella and me

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Before joining the Ranch TEAM I lived in Washington State, where I was a School Counselor for sixteen years.  I have also been a School Counselor in the state of New Jersey, and have worked with kids in many different environments.  I am a certified School Counselor and have been certified in AZ, WA, and NJ.  I have a Masters Level Clinical Counseling Degree from Rutgers University, in the State of New Jersey.  My undergraduate degree is from Trinity Western University in British Columbia Canada.  I graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology.  I am also a TBRI trained practitioner (Trust Based Relational Intervention), and have had a lot of additional training around trauma.  Diversity and trauma are both professional and personal passions.

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