Member Profile

As a Virginia Qualified Advance Directive Facilitator and Death Doula, I bring to my clients’ compassion and empathy that I have acquired through my own losses of beloved people and pets as well as my work as a perfusionist (operating a heart-lung machine in cardiac surgery) and as a lawyer. I provide non-medical, non-judgmental companionship as clients decide how they want to live their best last days or how to say good-bye to a companion animal, consistent with the framework set out by NEDA (National End-of-Life Doula Alliance) and the “unit of care” introduced by the 2023 AAFP/IAAHPC Feline Hospice and Palliative Care Guidelines. I tailor my services based upon a client’s specific needs, facilitating the conversation individually and through group presentations about end-of-life.