About
Lifestyle Guidance
My own journey to finding a healthy lifestyle has given me insight into the many challenges & encounters. This enables me to bring a high level of empathy, respect, and understanding along with my college education and continuing education that I have accumulated over many years.
-Life Coaching
-Relationship Coaching
-Motivational Speaking
-Community and Culture
-Healing from Toxic Relationships
-Revolutionize your Habits & Thought Process
- Psychology for Athletes
Wellness Experience
My extensive experience allows me to guide you. My client success stories reflect my ability, time after time, to help clients improve their health and achieve a higher level of life satisfaction.
Active Coaching
My education and training completes my coaching arsenal – allowing me to provide you, the client, with the tools and methods you need to achieve your goals along with continued support every single day on your path to living a life full of authentic happiness.
Education & credentials
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Science in Psychology with a Minor in Sociology - University of Houston - Downtown
Universal Coaching Institute - Life Coach Training - 10/25/2022
CONTINUING EDUCATION
07-2006-08/2006
Texas Institute on Substance Abuse & Mental Health – Austin, TX.
26 Continuing Education Units
15.5 Professional Development Hours
08/2006
Raul Yzaguirre School for Success – Houston, TX.
Workshop Titled-Student Motivation
Workshop Titled-State Tests & Mandates
09/2006
Community Family Centers – Austin, TX.
Workshop Titled-Positive Action Training
6 Contact Hours
10/2006
Rainbow Days – Austin, TX.
Child & Adolescent Development – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Strategies for Strengthening Families – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Cultural Competency – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Risk & Protective Factors – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
10/2006
The University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education – Dallas, TX.
2nd Annual Southwest Regional Prevention Convention
20 Class Hours
2.0 CEU
Courses Taken:
Making a Difference: Strategies for Empowering Today’s Youth
Non-Violent Communication: A Coalition Capacity Tool
The Protected School: A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Violence & Substance Abuse
Engaging & Empowering Latinos for Prevention
Media Malfunction
11/2006
Community Family Centers – Houston, TX.
Workshop Titled-Positive Action Training
4 Contact Hours
1/2007
Rainbow Days – Houston, TX
Prevention 101 – 4 Prevention Hours & 4 Social Work CEUs
7/2007-8/2007
Texas Behavioral Health Institute – Austin, TX
40 Hours of Prevention Specialist Training
8/2007
Community Family Centers – Houston, TX
Positive Action Training – 4 Contact Hours
2/2008
Community Family Centers – Houston, TX
Positive Action Training – 4 Contact Hours
Texas CPS Prep Course
6 Class Hours
8/24/2008-8/29/2008
Texas Behavioral Health Institute – Dallas, TX
Knowledge in the Neighborhood: Partnerships to Healthy Communities
35 Continuing Education Units
25.5 Professional Development Hours
Courses Taken:
Exploring Ethics in the Prevention Field - Marie Cox
Opening Keynote: The Critical Role of Embracing Shame in Healing Addictive Disorders - John Bradshaw
The Power, the Promise, and the Hope of Community Change - Jim Copple
Family Counts: The Importance of Involving the Family in Adolescent
Prevention Programs - Jennifer Burgess
From Virginia Tech to Melrose Place: Violence, Sex & Drugs in the Media
and their Impact on Children - Victor Strasburger
Transitioning Juvenile Offenders Back into their Schools & Communities - Dr. Fred Dryer
Adolescent Girls in the Juvenile Justice System with Consistent Occurring
Disorders - Dr. Fred Dryer
Recovery Services - Henry Lozano
Poverty as a Culture - Kwame Bruce
It’s Lonely at the Top: Coaching to Support Peers While Lifting Ourselves - Peggy Morrison Outon
Suicide Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups - Dr. Mark Leach
HIV/AIDS Updates - Sharita Ambrose
The Science of the Positive: Working to Prevent Underage Drinking and Driving - Dr. Hamilton Beazley
Gang Awareness - Mark Fomby
Drug Trends in the Community, State and U.S. - Dr. Jane Maxwell
I am Not the Enemy - Michael Fowlin
8/2008
The University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center – Dallas, TX
Project RESPECT:
Two-Session Model of Individual, Client-Focused HIV Prevention
Counseling Intervention
10/2008
The University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education – Dallas, TX.
– 4th Annual Southwest Regional Prevention Convention
15 Clock Hours
1.5 CEUs
1/2009
Rainbow Days – Houston, TX
Substance Abuse Prevention Across the Lifespan – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Rainbow Days – Houston, TX
Risk & Protective Factors / Building Resiliency – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Rainbow Days – Houston, TX
Strategies for Strengthening Families – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Rainbow Days – Houston, TX
Enhancing Cultural Competency – 3 Prevention Hours, 3 Social Work CEUs & 3 Cultural Awareness Hours
Rainbow Days – Houston, TX
Child & Adolescent Development – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
2/2010
Rainbow Days – Austin, TX
Enhancing Cultural Competency – 3 Prevention Hours, 3 Cultural Awareness Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Rainbow Days – Austin, TX
Substance Abuse Prevention Across the Lifespan – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Rainbow Days – Austin, TX
Risk & Protective Factors / Building Resiliency – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
Rainbow Days – Austin, TX
Risk & Protective Factors / Building Resiliency – 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
4/2010
Rainbow Days – Houston, TX
Child & Adolescent Development 3 Prevention Hours & 3 Social Work CEUs
VOLUNTEERING
12/2010
Boy Scouts of America – Crew 0054
Venturing Crew Advisor
Houston, TX