While studying sociology at the University of Arizona, I took a class from a Harvard theologist who was working as a chaplain in the local emergency room. She opened my mind to the intersection of society, culture, religion, and death. Around the same time, I discovered Alua Arthur and her pioneering work as a death doula. Immediately, I felt a calm certainty that I was meant to become a death worker. I went on to get a masters degree in social work which allowed me to work as a hospice social worker; this cemented my passion. I have been working with traumatic grief and loss clients as a private practice therapist in Davis County, UT since 2021.