About Me

This is my sister, Annie, who graduated with me.

I just recently graduated from Brigham Young University-Provo with my undergraduate degree in English.  I love literature--American Lit in particular--and I enjoy writing as well.  About halfway through my undergrad I thought I wanted to go into English Teaching--teaching high school or middle school students.  After just a few weeks in the classrooms, however, I realized that I just wasn't cut out for the classroom management, endless grading, and 6:00 am-5:00 pm days.  What I did love, though, was the one-on-one interactions with the students.  I loved being there to listen to their woes and dramas and offer advice to help them get through the rough teenage years.

After my experience in the classrooms, I realized what I really wanted to do with my life was help people in more intimate settings.  I happened to be dating my husband-to-be at the time, and his mother is a licensed marriage and family therapist.  I started reading up on the career and took a few prep classes in school and realized I absolutely loved it.  I still loved my English classes, but I couldn't get enough of the family theories and principles.


Through a few small miracles, I eventually made some connections with BYU's faculty, applied this last winter, and was accepted in February to their Master's program.  A PhD is not out of the question, but we'll have to cross that bridge when we come to it.

For now, I am eager to learn and I wanted to create an archive of the new things I'm learning from my research, classes, and therapy sessions.  Thanks for reading along and following my journey to licensure!