The Curriculum Vitae

(or how we got from clinician-practitioner to professor to entrepreneurship)

I graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Howard University (The Mecca).  I matriculated immediately to graduate school at the University of Florida in the fall of 2005 and completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2012. It was a long process that included a one-year internship at the Miami VA Medical Center, and luckily for me, meeting and marrying the love of my life—the infamous John Glenn.  

After completing my program, I returned to the Miami VA for residency. At the end of that year, I learned I was pregnant. Please note that I am a planner. I had a multi-step plan laid out for my career, which included licensure, a dream job, and moving to Atlanta. I thought to myself when I read that at-home pregnancy test, God has a sense of humor. My husband was thrilled. I was less thrilled- mostly because I had plans that included kids but on a different timeline. Needless to say, pregnancy humbled me. I interviewed and got offers at a few places while pregnant, but by the end of nine months the idea of leaving our first daughter, Audrey, to take a full-time gig was less than appealing. I was blessed to have a choice, and I chose the stay-at-home mom life. As many of you know, it is not for the faint at heart.

Fast-forward 15 months, we landed in Atlanta. Within a few months, I started teaching psychology as an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University and then fully transitioned back into the workforce as a Primary Care Mental Health Integration Psychologist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center in 2016. I was there for about two years before my husband’s career moved us and our now growing family to Lincoln, NE. It was a brutally cold year during which our second daughter, Charlotte, was born. I continued to teach online (before online teaching was trendy), and we moved back to Florida in 2019 for yet another career move on my husband’s part.

Since then, home has been Lakeland, FL (it’s not my hometown of Miami, but it’s growing on me). We purchased our first home and, finally feeling settled, I joined the faculty at a local liberal arts college as a visiting assistant professor.

Perfect timing, right? Yes and no. I share the full backstory of this experience in my inaugural blog post "Why Mind Over Monday?" But, let’s just say, if the 10 years since I completed my PhD has been a rollercoaster ride, this was the part of the ride where you're stuck for what feels like hours due to a mechanical malfunction. Not quite what you bargained for, kinda exciting, a little traumatic, but with a story to tell at the end. That end included taking a huge leap of faith and starting my business Mind Over Monday, LLC.