At 20 years old I started my first nursing program to become a licensed vocational nurse. Shortly after I continued my education and became a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor in Applied Science. After a few years of countless night shifts, energy drinks, a sugar-filled diet, and running myself into the ground I decided to switch gears and head back to school to obtain my nurse practitioner certification. It's now 2018 I have my master’s degree and am officially a licensed and certified nurse practitioner and I thought the rest was history. I dreamed of working in a traditional clinic and preventing all of the chronic diseases and symptoms I saw in the emergency room as a novice nurse. But... that's not what happened.

I continued to witness patients enduring severe symptoms despite taking prescribed medications intended to alleviate their conditions, which was truly disheartening. Instead of experiencing relief, they faced adverse effects without significant progress. Consistently poor lab results and metrics each month prompted me to explore alternative remedies. By analyzing my patients' diets and lifestyle habits, it became clear that medication alone was not sufficient to tackle the underlying issues.