Professional Leadership
Chi Sigma Iota- Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society International
2024-2025 CSI Leadership Fellow
I am currently one of 10 CSI leadership fellows. I serve on the Leadership and Professional Advocacy Committee this year. Through this opportunity, I gain valuable mentorship, leadership skill development, and engagement opportunities, and serve the profession of counseling in all that I do.
Chi Sigma Iota- Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society International
2024-2025 President-Upsilon Theta Chapter
I am currently serving as the president for the Upsilon Theta Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International. In this role, I lead this chapter in events and programming, provide support and encouragement to my amazing leadership team, and promote alignment with the mission of CSI as we impact our community and profession.
Association for Ethical, Spiritual, and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC)
Taskforce Member
I serve on the ASERVIC task force, supporting the work of evaluating the ASERVIC competencies and assessing for necessary updates.
Smoky Mountain Counseling Association
Graduate Student Representative
I am currently serving my second term on the leadership board for the Smoky Mountain Counseling Association (SMAC) a division of the Tennessee Counseling Association for the Eastern Tennessee region.
Chi Sigma Iota- Counseling Academic & Professional Honor Society International
2023-2024 President-Elect-Upsilon Theta Chapter
I am currently serving as the president-elect for the Upsilon Theta Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International. In this role, I support the current president in leading this chapter and am learning and preparing for up upcoming term as president.
Campus Leadership
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Rural Appalachian Mental Health Partnership, Program Coordinator
I am currently a program coordinator working with a grant team between the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and key K-12 school personnel from four local rural partner school districts in East Tennessee. This training grant aims to place school counseling and school psychology interns at identified local high-needs schools within these rural districts. In my role, I cultivate connections between the University Grant Team and school personnel, develop and provide evidence-based resources, create and facilitate intern professional development training, and provide training and support to the site supervisors at our partner schools.
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Counselor Education Faculty Search Committee: Student Representative
I am currently serving as student representative for faculty search for 2022-2023 year. In this role I work with a committee of department faculty members and partake in numerous aspects of faculty search.
Community Service Chair
Eta Delta Chi chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, Vanderbilt University
Elected executive board member for the 2021-2022 year. My position includes advocating for the importance of community service and engagement within the organization. I work with members to locate community service opportunities. I also am working on a community service project that engages the entire organization. Below is a sample of my contributions to our monthly newsletter.
September 2021
Peabody Professional and Graduate Student Association
First Year Representative
I served as an executive member for PPGSA, Vanderbilt University's graduate student association, for the 2020-2021 year. My role included navigating new student engagement amidst the pandemic, listening and advocating for first year student concerns, and addressing the needs of graduate students to upper university administration