My path to becoming a psychologist has been shaped by an insatiable curiosity about the human experience, a search for meaning, and a deep desire to improve the lives of others. I’ve never been content with a single pursuit—music, science, culture, and language have all been integral to my journey. Rather than opting for a single path, I’ve sought to create meaningful and creative intersections between my life’s passions.
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At the age of 14, I wrote The Truth, a song that became the title track of an Emmy-winning documentary about childhood cancer. This opportunity, in turn, propelled me into the world of advocacy, connecting me with families and institutions worldwide, including Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, and the Institut Gustave Roussy in Paris. In 2019, I delivered a TEDx Talk titled Music and Childhood Cancer, sharing how personal passions can be harnessed to drive meaningful change.
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Later, during my undergraduate studies at the University of Southern California, I studied Psychology, French, and Songwriting. These four pivotal years were marked by passionate scientific inquiry and creative expression. I also became a research assistant within the Lifespan Development Laboratory, where I spearheaded and published research on complicated grief.
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After graduating, driven by a desire for novelty and the need for new challenges, I made the decision to move to France. There, I found another way to weave together two distinct passions—I pursued Clinical Psychology graduate studies in another language and country. During this time, I traveled, became fluent in French, and pursued new opportunities. As a clinical intern, I performed psychosocial assessments of victims and perpetrators of crimes against children in collaboration with the French judicial system and a passion for child protection took root.
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In parallel, I launched this platform and simultaneously began working with neurodivergent children, teens, and their families in the Paris region, advocating for the needs of these children and a cultural shift in France toward inclusivity, rather than assimilation. Today, my work and advocacy continue to span several causes, all united by a purpose to create a more equitable, compassionate, and just world. I feel called to help individuals navigate their personal challenges, while also advocating for reform at a larger level, to address the systemic issues that contribute to my clients’ suffering.
"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: a human being born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create - so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency, he is not really alive unless he is creating."
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- Pearl S. Buck