The Journey

The through-line was
never a title.

How a person ends up working across journalism, education, psychology, policy, and healthcare, and why it was never as scattered as it sounds.

I have always been a person who goes all the way in. Every field that pulled my attention, I pursued it formally, with degrees, credentials, and real practice. That’s not scattered. It’s a particular kind of intention.

I became a journalist to understand how power works. I became an educator to understand how people learn. I went into psychology and behavior analysis to understand why we do what we do. I moved into policy because understanding means little if nothing changes. And I’m becoming a nurse because I want to be there, hands-on, when it counts most.

The same thread runs through all of it, a stubborn need to understand people, and to be genuinely useful to them. That’s the whole portfolio. Everything else is just chapters.

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Selected Publications

Writing to understand.

A book, two dozen-plus articles, op-eds, and formal recommendations, most of it an attempt to think a problem all the way through, in public.

Book · Amazon Publishing · 2025

Wired for Love

Neurodivergent Languages

Love doesn’t look the same for everyone, and neither does the way we communicate it. This book explores how neurodivergent minds experience and express connection, offering a framework for understanding across difference.

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Book · Amazon Publishing · 2023

Navigating the Path

A Comprehensive Guide for Parents of Special-Needs Children

I kept meeting the same parents, in clinics, in classrooms, on advisory committees, doing everything they could to navigate a system that rarely explains itself. This book is the guide I wished I could hand each of them: practical, plain-spoken, and built from real cases rather than theory.

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The full list

  • 2025Wired for Love: Neurodivergent LanguagesAmazon Publishing
  • 2025The Intersection of Psychology and Technology: Enhancing Human Well-Being in the Digital AgeeLearning Industry
  • 2025The Future of Online Learning for Mental Health Professionals: Accessing CEUseLearning Industry
  • 2025The Role of eLearning in Mental Health Awareness and SupporteLearning Industry
  • 2024Recommendation on Cannabis Controlled-Substance Rescheduling (Docket No. DEA-1362)U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
  • 2024Disability Settlement Recommendations for Wichita Public Schools' Student Handbook & PoliciesPolicy Brief
  • 2024Letters to the Editor: Kind People, Jim Chadwell, Environmental StoriesThe Dallas Morning News
  • 2023Navigating the Path: Comprehensive Guide for Parents of Special Needs ChildrenAmazon Publishing
  • 2023Letters to the Editor: Plano Firefighters, White Rock Trail, Dana BarnesThe Dallas Morning News
  • 2022The Deadly Signs of Mass ShootersDenton Record-Chronicle
  • 2021Educational Approach to Leadership: A Holistic Conference (with P. Russell)Conference Paper
  • 2021Chaotic Crime Scenes: No Place for Unarmed Mental Health ProfessionalsDenton Record-Chronicle
  • 2021Hypnosis as an Intervention: A Response to Medical and Psychological EmergenciesResearch Paper
  • 2021Good Leadership for Students in COVID-19 TimesThe Dallas Morning News
  • 2021Criminal Justice Reforms: A Leadership Change from the Echo ChamberEssay
  • 2021A Holistic Approach in Patient Communication for First RespondersConcept Paper
  • 2021First Responder Organizations and ApproachOrganizational Report
  • 2020Change Theories: A Systematic Approach to EducationResearch Paper
  • 2019Virtual Reality to Treat Veterans Diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderResearch Paper
  • 2019The Ethical and Legal Issues of the Psychology ProfessionResearch Paper
  • 2019Power Struggle Relationships: Emotional Labor Between CouplesResearch Paper
  • 2019Making a Research Claim: An Academic Approach to Qualitative and Quantitative ResearchResearch Paper
  • 2019A Reform on Empathy: Evaluating the Hug Between Botham Jean's Brother and Amber GuygerEssay
  • 2018Affirmation, Validation, and Good Versus Bad RelationshipsResearch Paper
  • 2017Oppositional Defiance Disorder: Maladaptive Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum DisordersResearch Paper
  • 2017Effects of Video Games on Societal ViolenceResearch Paper
  • 201710 Things Every High School Freshman Should KnowArticle
  • 2016Should Students Diagnosed with Autism Have a Dual Diagnosis?Research Paper
  • 2016Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: What Effects Does It Have? An Empirical ReportEmpirical Report