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.