Life brings us down many paths, and an unexpected one lead me here.

After two decades as an executive in an ad agency in NYC, I took a big leap in 2020 and moved to Centerport/Long Island— and in 2022, I divorced my career to pursue a relaxed, creative lifestyle at the beach, developed new friend groups, became an active community member, renovated my home and leaned into my passion for growing flowers (specifically dahlias)!

It's strange to share a large life shift in 2 sentences! It's important to mention how exciting yet difficult these changes were for me to make, acclimate, and sustain into my everyday mindset, beliefs, and behaviors. I took an 18-month break for deep reflection, a lot of healing, and personal growth. I experienced extreme transformational events and serendipitous moments during this timeframe!

In 2022, I found and joined the Centerport Garden Club (so amazing) and answered the niggle I had to lean into flowers, farms, natural living, and gardening— *and my return to designing as part of the garden club and associated NY State flower shows.

In the winter of 2023 I was lucky to learn from the best flower farmer ever, Erin Benzakein @Floret in the Skagit Valley, WA. I participated in her robust 6-week Flower Farming Workshop-- — materials and instruction that I reference on the daily! Her workshop educated me across 6 areas: seed, cut flowers, growing for market, tools and soil, business and marketing. What an experience! Thank you Team Floret☀️

In 2024 created Dahlias and Dreams to share this energized feeling with other people!

I never expected to turn a creative passion into a reality OR have a microflower farm in my backyard! But I did, and I do! I love to grow and share these specialty cut flowers and floral arrangements, design dream gardens, and lead creative workshops with others — raising the vibe of every heart and home!

In 2025, after many years of exploration and inner healing and balancing my energy field, I finally answered the call and received my certification as a licensed practitioner of Reiki Level II as well as Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced IET (Integrated Energy Therapy). I was grateful to learn and receive certifications for both these modalities in a safe and credible environment right here on Long Island. Both these modalities helped me to understand, and unblock my own energetic space to allow for my highest and best self to emerge— and I am looking forward to infusing both these practices within different facets of the Dahlias and Dreams business to light up the hearts and homes of others as well.

As a certified and attuned Reiki Level II Practitioner, I serve as a conduit for universal life force energy. My role is not to heal others directly but to create a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment where your body, mind, and spirit can activate their innate ability to heal themselves. Through Reiki, I channel this energy to help balance your energy fields, remove blockages, and restore harmony and flow, empowering you to step into a space of greater alignment and well-being. It's important to remember that both Reiki and IET are complementary therapies and should not replace conventional Western medical treatment.

My values include altruism, creativity, flexibility, supporting local businesses, price equity, and harmony with nature. I am LGBTQ-friendly and support diversity and inclusion for all :)