My journey to holistic health started way back when I was four years old and I took my very first ballet class. Being the introverted, anxious child that I was, having the mind, body connection that ballet requires caused me to absolutely fall in love.

I started training 4-10 hours a day at the age of eight and continued that intense training through high school with the goal of becoming a professional ballet dancer someday. Around age 17, I felt like I was being led in a different direction. At age 18, I signed with modeling agencies and after just one semester of college as a ballet performance major, I decided to jump head first into a modeling career.

I moved to New York City right away and participated in my first New York Fashion Week. After about seven months in NYC, I started traveling and working internationally. I lived in Hong Kong, Thailand, Tokyo, Paris and New York. The time I spent living and working in foreign countries has taught me more than any text book ever could. I feel so grateful for every single opportunity that the modeling industry gave me. That being said, it also led me deep into one of the toughest mental struggles of my life.