My Story

Growing up as a woman of color, I spent a lot of energy trying to fit into a majority culture that didn't always reflect me back to myself. I didn't yet know how beautiful and special each of us truly is because of our differences, not in spite of them. That longing to belong, to be enough, to take up the right amount of space, shaped so much of how I related to my body and myself.

I spent years not trusting my body, unable to hear my own inner voice, and, honestly, not liking myself very much, both inside and out. I recovered from an eating disorder and all the shame, fear, and noise that came with it, including the obsessive thoughts about food, the fear of weight gain, and the relentless pursuit of a body I thought would finally make me feel worthy. I was deep in what I now call the "more is better" culture, addicted to productivity, measuring my worth by output, and quietly terrified of what others thought of me if I could not do more than was expected. I may have looked competent from the outside, but inside, I was running on empty and felt I was never enough.

Healing didn't happen overnight, and it certainly wasn't linear. But through hard work, a lot of self-compassion, and something I can only call grace, I found my way back to myself. I am still a work in progress, as we all are, but I stand here today as someone who is more connected, more compassionate, and more at peace in her own skin than she ever thought possible. That journey changed everything about how I show up for you.

And it’s also what led me here — to this work, and to you.

My Work

As a Registered Dietitian, National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, and practitioner certified in Intuitive Eating and Lifestyle Medicine, I bring nearly two decades of clinical experience alongside my own lived journey. Not as someone who has it all figured out, but as someone who has done the hard work and knows firsthand how transformative it can be when you finally stop fighting yourself and start listening instead.

That same journey led me to dedicate over 25 years of my personal and professional life to this work. Long before I became a dietitian, I was already living and learning in the world of food and nourishment, working in hospitality, cooking alongside chefs who were deeply committed to healthy, intentional eating, and learning from health teachers and practitioners who understood that food is so much more than fuel. I grew up in a culture where mealtimes were sacred, where food carried meaning, connection, and story, and where gathering around a table was an act of love.

Those early experiences introduced me to the energy of food in the deepest sense, the yin and yang of how we eat with the seasons, and how what we put on our plates affects not just our bodies but our mood, our relationships, and our sense of belonging. I also learned early on that true well-being reaches far beyond what is on your plate. It lives in the quality of your relationships, the gratitude you practice, the beliefs you hold about yourself, the way you restore your inner calm, and the voices you choose to listen to. Those years shaped my understanding of nourishment in the fullest sense of the word, and they laid the foundation for everything I bring to this work today.

My focus is on midlife women and beyond because this season of life has a way of bringing everything to the surface. The body is changing. The culture is loud about what that should look like. And the pressure to keep performing, keep shrinking, keep fitting into someone else's definition of well can feel relentless. Everything we do together is grounded in evidence-informed coaching, behavior change science, intuitive eating, and body trust work approaches that support lasting change and actively push back against the disordered patterns and thinking that so often develop or resurface during midlife. Because you deserve better than that. And because aging isn't something to fight. It's something to inhabit, fully and unapologetically.

What is Madoka?

The name Madoka holds more meaning than one. Depending on the Japanese character used, it can mean "whole," "en" or circle, and even "mado" can mean window. Together, these meanings weave a picture of everything this work is about - the wholeness of who you are, the full circle of coming back to yourself, and the quiet courage it takes to look through the window inward toward your own healing and well-being.

Well-being is never just one thing. It is the full, unedited picture of who you are, including your body, mind, emotions, relationships, history, and everything in between. Not a snapshot or a single metric, but a 360-degree view of your whole, beautiful, complex, and imperfect and perfect self. That is what we honor here, and that is what we build from together.

This philosophy didn't come from a textbook. It came from my own life, and I want to share the lessons I learned and learn from you, too. So much of what we suffer lives not just in our circumstances, but in the stories we carry in our minds, the inherited beliefs, the voices that told us we weren't enough. We didn't choose those stories, but by leaning into them together, we can loosen their grip and find our way toward freedom.

When you come to Madoka Health, you won't find rigid plans, food rules, or before-and-after photos. What you will find is a space that honors exactly who you are, where you've been, and what you are yearning for. A space that takes your whole picture seriously and with deep respect, because in my experience, both personally and professionally…that is the only way any of this truly works.

This work is my own story as much as it is yours, and I could not be more honored that you are here.