My roots in this work go deeper than a decade of consulting — they go back generations.

My Bavarian ancestors carried their farming knowledge across the Atlantic when they immigrated to New Orleans in the 19th century.

Those traditions lived on in my family's gardens for generations... until, quietly, they disappeared.

By the time I came along — a classic 90s latchkey kid — I genuinely thought vegetables came from cans. I was overfed and undernourished, and nobody in my world was asking why?? Except me.

I played in my mom's and grandma's gardens as a child, but food was never something we grew. That connection had been lost somewhere in the generational exchange.

It took the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to wake it up.

Experiencing that loss as a young person in New Orleans cracked something open in me.

For the first time, I understood what it meant to be disconnected from the land — and what it could cost us. That season of loss became a turning point. I went to college with a new sense of purpose, studying plants and people, and founded the first Campus Community Garden where I could learn by doing, alongside others who were just as hungry to grow something real.

The garden grew me right back.

That was the beginning of over 10 years of hands-on work as a consultant, coach, and master garden manager throughout the New Orleans metro — helping families not just grow food, but reclaim a way of living that feels grounded, intentional, and deeply nourishing. I'm a Louisiana Master Gardener, a Certified Gardenary Consultant, and the proud founder of Grow Greenfingers Edible Gardens.

I'm not just teaching you to garden. I'm helping you come home to a healing way of life.