Welcome to my portfolio! I am a graduate student at Old Dominion University pursuing a Masters Degree in Counseling with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health. As I have formed relationships and shared in the lives of many incredible people, I have come to the understanding that each person maintains within them great strength and immeasurable possibility. Too often life events and circumstances depreciate an individual and I have found that a sense of hopelessness ensues that individual to view themselves’ or their circumstances differently.  The mental health field provides an opportunity to collaborate with individuals in discovering what lies within them. I believe this strength and possibility can most effectively be uncovered through an understanding of the individual in their entirety; this includes the physiological processes of their brain, their societal system and environment, personal cognition, ethnicity, and so much more. Through my experiences as well as my education, I have discovered an immense passion for understanding the intricacy of a person’s individual self.