Leadership growth, grounded in science.

My work as an organizational psychologist began in Mongolia. I was teaching English during an extreme winter, what locals call a dzud, and watched ordinary people draw on resources I didn't yet have language for. Rather than try to forget what I'd seen, I dedicated my career to understanding and improving workplace systems, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness.

I hold a PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Seattle Pacific University. At California Baptist University, I designed and now direct the Master's in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, which OrganizationalPsychologyDegrees.com ranked #10 among campus-based programs in the United States in its 2025 list. In eight years the program has prepared 200+ alumni now working across Fortune 500 firms, global consulting groups, and mission-driven institutions. More than 60% were in a relevant role within three months of graduating, and about 70% within six months. About 8 in 10 are the first in their family to earn a graduate degree. In 2024, Latinos in Industrial-Organizational Psychology honored this work with their Advocacy & Inclusion Award. I speak Spanish fluently and offer coaching and training in English and Spanish.

Through Momentum Coaching + Consulting, I advise leaders on leadership formation, strategic alignment, and organizational culture, drawing on industrial-organizational psychology and cross-cultural leadership research. I've designed executive programs for global brands, supported leadership integration through mergers and acquisitions, and led executive retreats for nonprofits and private organizations.

From 2022 to 2023, I served as International Relations and Protocol Officer for the Office of the Mayor, City of Riverside, where I led a trade delegation to Gangnam, South Korea, advised on a proposed $50M Korean cultural center, and coordinated diplomatic engagement with delegations from Germany, Vietnam, Mexico, and South Korea. My consulting practice spans the United States, Mexico, and India, and I've presented research at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in Dublin, and the Western Psychological Association.

A dual US/Canadian citizen, I grew up on a family farm two miles outside a South Dakota town of 200. Leadership across very different worlds has been lived experience as much as research interest.

Figures come from the 2026 alumni survey (self-reported) and California Baptist University program records, current as of fall 2026.