What I Do

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I was living the life I had worked hard to build—married to the love of my life, raising two daughters, and doing work that felt meaningful. Then everything changed. My husband died suddenly, and I was left to carry profound grief while parenting two very young children. Not long after, I lost my dream job. The world I knew fell away, and I found myself navigating loss, identity shifts, and survival all at once.

Grief changed me. It quieted my home. It strained my sense of self. And it forced me to sit with pain I could no longer outrun.

In that season, therapy became a lifeline. In the stillness of that chair, I learned how to sit with sorrow, trace the roots of old trauma, and begin reclaiming joy. I came to understand that grief can be a mirror of love—and that healing is not linear, tidy, or rushed. It is brave work.

Today, I bring both professional training and lived wisdom into my work. I walk alongside those navigating grief, trauma, and parenting under pressure—not to fix or rush the process, but to witness, steady, and help create space for healing. Especially for parents who have been holding too much for too long.

I am a licensed social worker and mental health counselor with a Master’s in Social Work from Tulane University. I currently serve as a school-based clinician in Title I schools across Atlanta, supporting children and adolescents navigating complex trauma, academic challenges, emotional regulation difficulties, and systemic stressors.

My work extends beyond students. I support parents, caregivers, and educators as they navigate grief, conflict, advocacy fatigue, and the emotional toll of caregiving—particularly within under-resourced systems.

My clinical focus has been deeply informed by my lived experience as the mother of two neurodivergent daughters. For more than a decade, I have navigated special education systems, medical complexity, misdiagnosis, and the emotional labor that often falls on parents—especially Black mothers—raising neurodiverse girls.

I have supported my eldest through reading delays connected to absent seizures and ADHD, and guided my youngest—diagnosed with twice-exceptional autism and speech processing challenges—toward meaningful growth in communication, executive functioning, and peer connection.

This work is personal, but it is also professional. I specialize in grief, trauma, family systems, and neurodiversity-affirming care—grounded in resilience, cultural awareness, and helping families move from survival to steadiness.

I work with Black parents and families who are carrying a lot—often quietly.

Many of the parents I support are raising girls who seem to be “holding it together” on the outside but are struggling beneath the surface. These are children who may be sensitive, easily overwhelmed, perfectionistic, withdrawn, or emotionally exhausted by the demands placed on them at school and in the world. For some children, stress doesn’t stay hidden. It may show up as frequent calls from school, behavioral referrals, or repeated suspensions. I support families in understanding what’s beneath these challenges and how to respond with clarity and care.

Some families are navigating formal diagnoses. Others are simply noticing that their child needs more support than she’s getting. Labels are not required to begin this work.

I often work with parents who:

• Feel worn down from constantly advocating or explaining their child’s needs
• Are unsure whether what they’re seeing is stress, anxiety, learning differences, or something else
• Worry about their child being misunderstood, overlooked, or unfairly labeled
• Want support that respects their culture, values, and lived reality

This space is for families who want understanding, steadiness, and guidance—without pressure to “prove” that something is wrong.