PhD. – 2001 in Ethnobotany and Medical Herbology from the Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio

Included a two year apprenticeship with a Mexican curandera in Oaxaca, Mexico culminating in a dissertation, “Curanderismo: a Wholistic Health Model”

M.A. – 1996 in Ethnobotany from Prescott College

Certificate in Herbology from Southwest School of Botanical Medicine, Michael Moore, Director

Owner of El Milagro Herbs in Santa Fe for 15 years. Including health consultations, formulating, cultivating, processing, marketing a proprietary line of herbal products. www.milagroherbs.com

Adjunct Faculty at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe teaching health, foods, and herbs for Native Americans.

Currently Project Director for the Institute of American Indian Arts in developing a Native Foods in the Culinary Arts Program.