My story..
and the 'Why' behind soulstone lifestyle
A little bit about my story,
I grew up excelling at sports, but the classroom was a different story. Growing up where I did, athletes were "hybrids", as I like to call them. Often, the stars on the field were also excelling in the classroom. But I wasn't.
I struggled to keep up with my classmates (who were also teammates), and my confidence in the classroom reflected it. I had home tutoring and was placed in special education-style classes (without any diagnosis or to the knowledge of my parents).
It wasn't until college when I decided to pursue a Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics, a career path that would be littered with academic obstacles like organic chemistry, that I had the epiphany.
I knew this was the career path that I wanted, and I promised myself I would do whatever it took to get there.
So I began teaching myself.
I leaned into structure, repetition, and understanding instead of memorization. And at the time, I was also a student-athlete. I had access to study hall and athlete-for-athlete tutoring support through Towson University.
And I can’t overstate this part
In combination with self-teaching, backed by an athlete who was driven to help you understand and who was recently in your shoes, changed everything. It wasn't about whether or not I was “smart.”
It was about whether the information had been presented to me in a way that actually made sense. And to take it a step further, I firmly believe that we are all capable of learning whatever we want, rocket science even. As long as the information is presented properly.
Not only did I pass Organic chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology.. (the list dredges on), I got into grad school with grades to be proud of. I went from being terrified of the prerequisite course list to wondering if I should've been a biochemist instead. I was even asked by the department of my new grad school to tutor the following cohorts through their Nutritional Biochemistry course. I fell in love with empowering others to feel capable. Because to me, it's not whether the student is "smart", it's whether the information was presented in a way that makes sense to them.
That belief is now the foundation of everything I do.
It’s how I teach.
It’s how I coach.
It’s how I guide people through nutrition, performance, and life
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But alongside that journey, something else had been taking shape.
My passion for nutrition grew.
As a student-athlete, I started to recognize that performance wasn’t just built in practice or competition. It was built in the hours no one sees. In how you fuel your body, how you recover, how you structure your day, and how consistently you show up for yourself.
Nutrition became more than a subject I studied; it became a tool for performance, a foundation for confidence, and a bridge between who I was and who I was working to become.
And what I came to understand is this: Performance is not separate from lifestyle. It is a reflection of it.
How you eat, how you prepare, how you recover, how you manage your time, how you think; these are not isolated habits. They are the foundation that every athlete builds on.
When those pieces are aligned, performance elevates naturally.
soulstone lifestyle was built to help athletes of all ages elevate and become the hybrid of the spaces they enter through performance nutrition, tutoring, and athletic development.
It is built on the belief that when you develop the whole athlete, academically, physically, and through the habits that shape daily life, you create something more sustainable.
A higher standard.
A more complete athlete.
A lifestyle that supports performance, not just in moments, but over time.
This is the soulstone lifestyle.
This is where athletes elevate.
