Master of Science, Thanatology
The cross-disciplinary study of death, grief, and bereavement
Edgewood University
Graduated May 2026
Death doula training
Help From an End-of-Life Doula (HELD)
Jude Higgins
24 hours • 2025
Deathwives
Lauren Carroll, Erin Merelli
50 hours • 2023–2024
My training & teachers
Volunteer experience
End-of-life doula
The INN Between • 2024–present
Provide companionship care to hospice residents, in close coordination with the on-site EOLD, nursing team, and chaplain.
Offer activities that empower hospice residents and attend to their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs.
Sit vigil with actively dying residents as a member of the facility’s No One Dies Alone (NODA) team.
Support group volunteer
The Sharing Place • 2025–present
Attend a teen grief group twice a month to assist the lead coordinator with activities and group engagement.
Facilitate adult grief group when coordinator is absent.
Completed both an eight-hour children’s group training and a four-hour adult facilitator training.