- How long have you been volunteering with UMC?
Since the beginning of 2024.
- How did you become interested in mediation?
As a lawyer in the family court, I really do believe that the parties involved know their situation best and are better equipped to make decisions for their family whenever possible. I enjoy helping families come up with solutions that will work for them in the real world.
- What is your current occupation?
I am a Staff Attorney at South Carolina Legal Services. I mostly work in the family court and most of my clients are survivors of domestic violence.
- What advice would you give new mediators?
Listen more than you talk.
- Who inspires you?
My clients who have dealt with some very traumatic situations and just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
- What is something about you (a fun fact) that not many people know?
I once ran a marathon. I am not now, nor have I ever been a “runner”.
- What is the last book you read?
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
- If you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be?
California style Mexican food- 2 beef tacos, rice, and beans.
