About Me
Pronouns
She/her/hers
Hometown
A dirt road near Colfax, Louisiana (middle of the leg of the boot :)
Undergraduate Degree
University of Texas at Austin (& more recently, a postbac at Johns Hopkins)
Medical School
Stanford School of Medicine
Hobbies
Experimental cooking & creating dietarily-inclusive dinner parties, lifting heavy things, gardening (kinda), playing in the woods, painting (with little skill but much joy), audiobooks (basically been on a fantasy/sci-fi escapist binge since March 2020...), taking an absurdly long time to finish dating reality show xyz because we stop every few minutes for commentary, dance, drag shows, laughing with my boo & cuddling my beloved dog Henry (a Schnoodle)
Why Emory EM?
I am out-of-my-brain-stoked and humbled to’ve matched into Emory EM! I am so grateful to return to the South and for the privilege of caring for a population that feels like home, especially in the hallowed halls of Grady. Residency is hard everywhere, but I am hopeful it’ll mostly be the “right kind of hard;” I wanted to train somewhere I’d be surrounded by and learn from mission-driven people, and the sense of social mission is palpable and persistent within every person I’ve met here. Of equal importance- and directly related- was matching with a program that prioritizes recruiting, retaining, and elevating residents, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds reflective of the community it serves, because I know how greatly that will enrich both my sense of belonging in the department and my clinical training. Emory’s reputation for this is unequivocal. I write this as a white, cisgender person in a hetero-appearing relationship, privileged to work in tech before coming to medicine- and also as a queer woman in a mixed-race relationship, who took a “gap decade” and was a Pell Grant recipient in college. So, while I can occasionally add to the conversation, I generally prefer to listen, and I am so thankful for all the voices I can learn from here!
Interest within EM?
Social EM (especially people experiencing homelessness, and people with substance use struggles, and trans + queer health), critical care, rural EM
5- year plan
Become the best EM doc I can; keep & grow my sense of mission & self; laugh as much as possible; cheer on my partner through his residency in parallel; continue to get to know the incredible humans of Emory EM and explore Atlanta!
What would you be doing if you weren’t in Emergency Medicine?
Umm... probably IM? Heh. And if I wasn't in medicine I think I'd be doing something in public health or health tech (only if specifically targeted at closing health equity gaps) + some kind of volunteering to get that 1:1 patient interaction fulfillment. Maybe a copout answer, but it's the truth!
Fun Fact
I used to be kinda good at trick rope as a kid (but I'm awful now).
What would your superpower be?
I'd love to be able to communicate with all living creatures!