About

who am i?

I am an integrative nurse and an end of life doula, committed to witnessing and supporting families and individuals as they encounter this moment of transition in their lives.

I am currently semi-retired as a hospice nurse liaison and I help my husband with our businesses, a cafe and bakery on the UWS.

I am a registered nurse in NY and NJ with extensive hospital experience in labor and delivery, postpartum and nursery, and hospice. I am a trained end of life doula and a certified yoga and meditation instructor,. I hold a masters degree in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University.

I come from a family of musicians who planted the seeds for beauty, reverence, creativity and service.  I became a dancer, then returned to university to complete a BA in art history.  I met my husband, a Tunisian chef, while working as a waitress after college. Love, marriage, children and a restaurant of our own followed in quick succession.  

In 2009, I completed my yoga teacher's training with Jennifer Kohl of Lotus Yoga in NJ and in 2011 completed my nursing degree and became an RN, imagining a world where alternative and allopathic treatments could be integrated in the service of well-being.

It was my son’s craniosacral therapist, Jacqulin Winchester, a certified nurse practitioner,  who encouraged me to study with Franklyn Sills. I am forever grateful to her, and to Franklyn Sills, my teacher, for his guidance, and his teachings, wisdom and experience in this most extraordinary path of healing. I was certified and have been practicing as a BCST since 2016.

I have always worked with immigrants, both patients and colleagues.  I feel attuned to the challenges faced by this particular population, perhaps because my mother and husband were both born and raised outside the US. I have lived and worked in different countries and am deeply committed to equitable healthcare and treatment for all.