Duke-Trained & Certified Health & Well-Being Coach and Owner of Coastal Health & Well-Being
I received my undergraduate degree in International Business and Spanish from the College of Charleston, though I actually started out as a Psychology major before switching junior year. They always say to trust your gut the first time — funny how that instinct found its way back into the work I do now. After graduating, I worked as a Member Advocate for a large insurance company in claims, working with people at some of the hardest moments of their lives. That experience, paired with a lifelong fascination with psychology, travel, and human behavior, shaped the way I think about health and change.
I've worked with children throughout my life — as a live-in nanny, a travel nanny, and a yoga teacher at several Title I schools. Travel has been a deep passion of mine since I was young. Raised in the Carolinas in a Cuban-American home, my love for the world and the people in it started early and hasn't slowed down. Through travel, I've always been curious about what makes people happy all over the world — what, and who, helps people live their optimal vision of their best health. I've also volunteered and worked with community centers around the world along the way.
I completed my coach training through Duke Health & Well-Being's program, which centers on how to engage people in real, lasting behavior change — the kind that actually holds once the motivation of week one wears off. The approach draws on both clinical research and years of applied coaching experience, rather than generic goal-setting, so the plan fits the person rather than the other way around.
I'm so eager and excited to partner with people and encourage them to live the best lives they can. I offer both in-person and virtual appointments and am currently accepting new clients. I'm based in Charleston from July through January, and in San Pancho, Mexico from January through July. I'm also looking forward to furthering my certifications and studies — I'll be sitting for the National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) exam this December.
Developed by Duke Health & Well-Being, the Wheel of Health places you at the center — your own values and goals drive the plan — with six interconnected areas of self-care radiating outward. Rather than chasing one isolated goal, the wheel makes it visible where the rest of your life is steady and where it's asking for attention, so coaching can start with what actually needs it first. These six areas are where we tend to focus, but nothing is off the table — if something is standing between you and your own vision of health, it's fair game to bring into the room.
How your surroundings, at home and at work, either support or work against your health.
Eating and daily habits that nourish and sustain you, shaped around your routines and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all diet.
Present-moment awareness and the practices — breathing, reflection, stillness — that link how you feel to how you function.
Work, relationships, and meaning that align with what you actually value, not just what's expected of you.
A sustainable approach to movement, built around your actual life rather than a rigid workout plan.
The recovery and downtime that let everything else — energy, mood, focus — actually function.