About me. Hetero, cis woman (she/her pronouns). I grew up in Idaho within a bicultural family of Basque descent and had the opportunity to live, study and work in the Basque Country during two separate years. I have a B.A. in English from Lewis & Clark College and a Masters in Social Work from Portland State University, and I began my career as a classroom teacher and university study abroad program administrator. Since entering the mental health field more than two decades ago, I have worked as a therapist on community mental health, primary care, and Intensive Outpatient Program teams, and I now manage my own private practice. Over the years, I have vigorously advocated for mental health parity within the healthcare industry, and like-minded colleagues and I developed The Complex Trauma Care Pathway (CTCP) as a step towards this social justice vision. The CTCP pilot yielded statistically significant improvements across a variety of complex trauma symptom domains and was Northwest Kaiser Permanente’s nominee for the national Voh's Quality Award in 2020. Following is a link to an article published in the peer-reviewed Permanente Journal that summarizes our clinical outcomes.