• Internship Director of MSW
Liffrig Family School of Education and Behavioral Sciences

About Me

I serve the university as an assistant professor and MSW internship director for the social work department. I collaborate closely with our MSW students as they discern and navigate their internship placements. Internships play a vital role in our student's social work journey and I am grateful to have the ability to work alongside our students in this capacity.

Why I’m At Mary

As a proud alum of the University of Mary, I am so grateful to be home! I am deeply inspired by how UMary remains true to its mission, faith identify, and Benedictine values. The unified love and care that the leadership, faculty, and staff all share for the students is a very special community to be a part of.

Expertise

Medical Social Work 
Complex Case Management 
Substance Use Disorders

Community Presentations: 

  • Cultural Humility in Trauma-Informed Care, Baylor University 
  • Intersection of Faith & Mental Health, Hope and Healing Center 
  • Bioethics: Then, Now, & How, CHI St. Alexis Health

Education

MSW: Baylor University, 2020
BA (Social Work) Minor (Theology/Philosophy): University of Mary, 2018
AS (Addiction Studies): Napa Valley College, 2023