I left Minneapolis, moved to North Carolina and began my career as a Corrections Officer at the North Carolina Department of Corrections while earning my Bachelor’s degree at Mount Olive College. Volunteering in the college’s reentry field became a passion which exposed a critical need for housing and jobs for ex-offenders. Fulfilling this need became the catalyst in opening a halfway house called the Imagine House, in 2009; during this time I attended Tiffin University, earned my Master’s degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration in crime analysis, and earned 13 forensic certifications from the Department of Justice. Now I'm working at delta and am
in the process of earning my Psyd at California Southern University, working towards achieving my dream to become a licensed psychologist