I’m on a mission to help athletes, clinicians, coaches, and organizations thrive — not just perform, but truly flourish as whole human beings on and off the field.
My work is shaped by my lived experience as a first-gen Filipina-Korean American, a former elite and Division I athlete, and over twenty years as a psychotherapist. I bring a relational, whole-person lens to everything I do, integrating psychodynamic theory, trauma-informed care, and mastery development to support healing, growth, and sustainable performance.
I work with individuals and systems across sport, healthcare, education, and organizational settings. Alongside my clinical practice, I consult with clinicians, coaches, leadership teams, and programs to build trauma-informed, developmentally sound approaches that support psychological safety, identity development, and long-term mastery. I believe that performance and wellbeing are not opposing goals — that lasting change happens when people are supported as whole humans within the environments where they live, work, and compete.
As an advocate and speaker, I co-host Hahnacity, a podcast focused on healing through storytelling with former elite gymnast and current coach Joy Hahn Silva Millora.
I am the founder of the Athlete Community Clinicians (ACC), member of the Alliance for Social Workers in Sports (ASWIS), and founding member of the Embrace Change Collective.
Los Angeles-born, New York City–nested. Proud parent of young athletes. Dodgers and Lakers loyalist.
Areas of Focus
My work most often centers on:
1. Athletes, coaches, and high performers navigating performance, injury, transition, and identity
2. Clinical consultation, supervision, and program development for professionals who support high performers
3. Clients of Color seeking culturally responsive psychotherapy
4. Parenting and family role transitions, including caregiving and life-cycle change
ATHLETIC CAREER
GYMNASTICS
1984-1987: Southern California
1987-1990: Houston, Texas
DIVING
1990-1999: Pasadena, CA
1995-1999: University of California, Los Angeles – NCAA Division I
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
LICENSED IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Embrace Change Leadership Accelerator, New York – 2022
Cooperative Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York – 2015
New York School for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis – 2010
Columbia University, School of Social Work – 2005
Domestic Violence Training, YWCA – 2002
University of California, Los Angeles – 1999
AFFILIATIONS
Asian American Federation Partner – Mental Health
CAB-NYC
Embrace Change Collective – Founding Member
Embrace Change Leadership Network
Alliance of Social Workers in Sports (ASWIS)
Columbia University Alumni – School of Social Work
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV)
UCLA Alumni Association
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