- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been practicing in the field of counseling and sexual health since 1994.
- AASECT certified Sex Therapist. Yes, you can actually go to school and study sex.
- Bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University in Family Resources and Human Development.
- Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with a post-graduate degree in Marriage, Family and Addictions Therapy from Ottawa University.
- PhD in Human Sexuality/Clinical Sexology from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.
- Board certified Clinical Sexologist through the American College of Sexologists.
- I earned my stripes by working many years in the field of public health — including Planned Parenthood who gave me my first job in the field at 19 years old. and I am the current Vice President of Lambda Aloha and a past president of Malama Pono Health Services.
- Long time member of Society for the Study of Sexuality(SSSS) and the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists(AASECT).
- Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists(AAMFT) and Hawaii Association for Marriage and Family Therapists (HIMFT).
- Professor at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
- Adjunct professor at Akamai University.
- I happen to also be a certified yoga teacher/therapist through a Yoga Alliance approved training program, at the Anahata Yoga School. I like to say that I’m flexible in body and mind.
I believe in serving my community and I have a profound sense of social equality/justice.
