Proudest Achievements:  Helping individuals achieve improvements in their health by guiding them to see things in a different way, day by day.

Expectations for the future: I’m open and excited for whatever is in store!

Favorite app: WeatherBug and Delectable

Favorite websites: GreenMedInfo.com, NOAA.gov, Journals.Plos.org, BioMedCentral.com

Local causes supported:  WGCU, our local Public Broadcasting Service affiliate.

Favorite thing about Natural Awakenings: Natural Awakenings provides health related information that readers of mainstream publications may not get. It really adds balance to the whole notion of what helps keep us stay healthy.

Most frequented healthy food restaurant: Food & Thought.

How you invest in your community: I’m doing my best to raise awareness of the potential health threatening issues such as GMO, glyphosate usage and over usage of antibiotics in both humans and livestock. I prefer to address the community at large.

Favorite quote: "At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past.” Maurice Maeterlinck

What you are doing to be the change you want to see in the world: I'm trying my best to teach by example. Every day is a learning experience for all of us. So the message, and therefore the change itself, must remain dynamic.