About Me

I have spent the last 30 years navigating the healthcare system as a healthcare provider, and optimizing the health of my five children with autoimmune issues. God did not give me one child with medical needs, He gave me five with very different looking autoimmune medical issues.

Four are grown and healthy, and our youngest has made tremendous progress and continues on her path toward independence.

My launch back into work was and is with the desire to teach others how to navigate the system to optimize the health of themselves and their loved ones. No one will know your body and your medical history better than you do. Let me teach you how to become an equal member on your health care team.

PRESS

Click the links below to see where I have been featured and my work with other organizations committed to helping others.

I also offer my advice on the Head of the Table Podcast here and here.
Order of Malta - "U.S. Knight Feted, Given Rare Award in Lebanon"
Catholic Cafe Podcast - "You Have Been Called"
Order of Malta - "Helping the Disabled in Lebanon"
Catholic.org - "Everyone's invited to this baby shower:Wis. Mom opens home to save a child"

Education

Currently, I am certified in QRI Cold Laser and Dr. Joqueta Handy's Brilliant Learning Methodology. I also trained with neurologist Dr. Stasha Gominak one-on-one 12 hour instruction with RightSleep method for sleep consolidation.

I graduated from Physical Therapy School and passed national and state boards in 1990. I've retired from the traditional Physical Therapy practice. This decision allowed me to expand my business model to address more chronic states, to investigate why some people do not follow the traditional trajectory of wellness within their medical journey. I currently live in Wisconsin and work in the greater Milwaukee areas and downtown Chicago.

Look for my free podcast, MedKnights' Roundtable for this service, where I've partnered with other organizations to help you achieve wellness. I have a brain that thirsts for knowledge and have been spent the majority of my adult life researching within the medical literature. I also published research back in PT school in 1989/90. I have written and published a self help book, You've Been Called, for those helping others.

I annually attend the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs (MAPS) conference, whose community gives up to date information ranging on immunology, environmental influences and toxic loads factors, pre-conception wellness, and Autism.

Here are some other ways I have educated myself:

Independent study in nutrition and functional medicine through evidenced based practices and literature review (October 2002-Present.)
Cranial Sacral 1 though Upledger
NACD National Academy of Child Development – child neurodevelopment- 2010- 2014
Oral motor language development with Dr. Rona Alexander, Sarah Rosenfeld-Johnson, and
Lori Overland 2009-2012
Physical Therapy graduate passing national and state boards in 1990. Held licenses in IL and MI with countless CME hours specific to PT upon graduation through 2018
Published research with two fellow Physical Therapists on the foundational belief which we statistically proved that biofeedback both auditory and visual will improve outcomes using cybex machine on quadracep extension in 1989.

Sovereign Military order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and malta

In 2016, I was invested as a Dame of Magisterial Grace in the Sovereign Military Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, and Malta. Working within this organization , it allows me to help those in other parts of the world who are less fortunate. I had the resources, the heart and the steadfastness to help one and now can help many.

The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, founded in Jerusalem around the year 1048, is a subject of international law which exercises functions of sovereignty, and is a religious lay order of the Roman Catholic Church.

Today, the Sovereign Order of Malta is mainly active in medical, social and humanitarian aid, operating in over 120 countries. Its 13,500 members are supported by more than 80,000 volunteers, with another 25,000 doctors, nurses and paramedics. The Sovereign Order of Malta manages hospitals, health centers, out-patient units, institutes for the elderly and disabled, centers for the terminally ill, and operates 30 volunteer corps.

Malteser International, the Order of Malta’s worldwide relief agency, is on the front line in natural disasters and in alleviating the consequences of armed conflicts. Over recent years, the Order has undertaken significant interventions in South East Asia (after the tsunami), Afghanistan, Pakistan, Mexico, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Georgia and Haiti. Currently, the Order is committed to assisting the Syrian population fleeing into neighboring countries to escape war and violence at home. The Italian Relief Corps of the Order of Malta, together with the Italian authorities, continues to participate in the rescue operations of migrants in the Strait of Sicily.

The head of the Sovereign Order of Malta is the 80th Grand Master, Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre, and is assisted by a governing council (the Sovereign Council). The Order is neutral, impartial and non-political and does not pursue any economic or political goal. It does not depend on any state or government. The Sovereign Order of Malta has bilateral diplomatic relations with 104 States, official relations with a further 6 States, and relations at ambassadorial level with the European Union. It has a Permanent Observer mission at the United Nations and its specialized agencies and has representatives at the main international organizations. The government seat of the Sovereign Order of Malta has been in Rome since 1834, where it is guaranteed extraterritoriality rights.