Education:

• Stow High School, Stow, OH - Valedictorian honors, 1979
• National Institute of Massotherapy, Akron, OH - 1995
• Hiram College, 2006 (summa cum laude) BA in Humanities and Fine Arts

Massotherapy License by the Medical Board of the State of Ohio  - August, 1995 

Advanced Training and Certifications:

• First International Fascia Research Congress, Boston, Ma
• Human Cadaver Prosection Lab, Somanautics Worshops, Boulder, Co 
• Myofascial Cranial Techniques, Dr. Mark Cullen, Columbus, Oh 
• Grant Hospital Sports Medicine Symposium, Columbus, Oh 
• Myofascial Release I - certified
• Cranial Manipulation in Theory and Practice 
• Reiki II, certified practitioner
• Cranial and Somatic Release 
• Spinal Orthopathic Syndesmobilization - certified therapist
• Reiki I - certified practitioner
• Geriatric Massage Techniques – certified
• Somatic Release in Clinical Massage (77 hours) - certified therapist
• Baby’s First Massage 
• Skilled Touch Institute of Chair Massage and Business Skills

In addition to maintaining a successful private practice in Northeastern Ohio, I have been a senior staff member and team coordinator for Timberlake Massage Therapies.  Started by Earle Timberlake of Logan, Ohio, Timberlake Massage Therapies conducts a nationally recognized training program that has certified more than one thousand therapists over the last decade in specialized massage techniques for the treatment of pain and dysfunction of the soft tissues of the human body.