I’m a Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). I’m also a high-achieving adult who’s finally learned that high-achieving can (and should) include rest, fun, and spontaneity.

Before I dive into why I’m here, and why I built Bite by Bite, I want to share a few personal things too:

- Kila is my ride-or-die.
- I’m a mountain biker, in spring, summer, and fall you’ll find me at the bike park, getting laps in with friends.
- I devour books, everything from self-help to fantasy (currently waiting very impatiently for the next ACOTAR book).
- Fun fact: I’m oddly obsessed with Chapstick and iPhone cases. But that’s not what we’re here to talk about. 😉

Now, let’s get into my story.

I struggled with anorexia for over a decade, starting in high school.

I grew up an athlete, basketball, soccer, softball. By middle school, I was playing softball at a nationally competitive level. I’ve always been competitive, driven, and perfectionisti, the kind of person who needs to get everything right. Those sound like strengths, right? They were… until they weren’t.

The same traits that helped me succeed, the perfectionism, the intensity, the high standards, were the ones that quietly fueled my eating disorder. And the truth is: no one was pushing me. There was no coach, no parent, no media messaging driving it. It was all internal. I was competing with myself. Chasing goals I created. Measuring my worth by impossible standards. It was me vs. me… until it became me vs. the eating disorder.

In 2016, I entered outpatient treatment in a partial hospitalization program. I was discharged in 2017. And looking back, I can say this with honesty:

Was I “better”? Kind of.
Did I feel hope? A little.
Was I healed? Not really.
Recovered? Not even close.

That’s when I discovered what no one talks about: the massive gap between treatment and real life. I had a team, but not the tools. I was home, but still completely lost. What I needed most was someone , or something, to bridge that gap. What I needed was a recovery coach.

Bite by Bite slowly started to come together.

Eventually, I reached full recovery. And with it came an undeniable, gut-level pull to help others find their way too. And that’s how Bite by Bite came to life. I started an Instagram account - @bitebybiterecovery. Then, I launched the Bite by Bite Podcast on July 1, 2025. I became a Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, founded Bite by Bite Eating Disorder Recovery, and developed my signature eating disorder recovery program: The High-Achiever’s Blueprint to Recovery.

I never imagined my lived experience with anorexia would become the fuel for my life’s work, but here I am coaching, speaking, creating programs, building a space where others can finally bite back.

I’m not here to change the whole world.I’m here to help change yours and everyone elses’s who is fighting the same battle I once fought.

I believe full recovery is possible. For anyone. For everyone. For you.

You are capable of it. You are worthy of it. And I won’t let you forget that.