Most of my life, it felt like I was doing everything wrong. Too loud, too sensitive, asking too many questions. Never doing enough for others or to be successful.

I am a first-generation Mexican American, born and raised in McAllen, Texas (956 has my heart forever). I received an education from the American school system and was raised in a Mexican household. I learned early on that the world had very specific ideas about who I should be.

Too Mexican for some spaces, not Mexican enough for others. I spent years trying to fit into worlds that were never designed for people like me, constantly code-switching, constantly performing, constantly wondering why I couldn't just get it right like everyone else seemed to.

I've been in therapy for a long time. Long enough to learn that the right questions change everything.

For years, I asked myself "What's wrong with me? Why can't I function like everyone else? Why am I too much and somehow still not enough?" Those questions kept me stuck in shame, trying to fix myself into someone I was never meant to be.

My therapist created a space where I could ask different questions. "What if nothing is wrong with you? What if you're not broken? What if the world just wasn't built for how you operate?" That shift - from "fix me" to "understand me" - changed my entire trajectory.

The real game changer was my neurodivergence diagnosis. Not because of the label itself, but because it gave me language to articulate my experience and reference points to start experimenting. I finally had permission to ask "What actually works for ME?" instead of "How do I force myself to work like them?"

I started learning my limits. When I need to come up for air versus when I have enough energy to keep going. How my nervous system responds to different environments, relationships, demands. What emotional regulation actually looks like for my brain, not the textbook version.

It was messy. It took time. It required someone holding space for me to experiment, fail, try again, and rediscover who I am without judgment. My therapist showed me what's possible when someone believes in you before you believe in yourself.

The real transformation happened when I stopped trying to separate my mind, body, and spirit into neat little boxes. My own history with complex trauma became my teacher, showing me how everything is connected. Our nervous systems hold memories. Our bodies speak truths our minds try to ignore. And there's a part of us that knows things we can't explain. Call it intuition, call it spirit, call it whatever feels right to you. Healing happens when we honor all of it, not just the parts that make sense on paper.

I learned that those mundane "updates from the week" are actually goldmines of information about who we are and how we operate. Every reaction, every shutdown, every moment of "why did I do that?" is data we can use to understand ourselves better.

This is where I discovered that healing isn't linear. It's not about checking boxes or graduating from your problems. It's about learning to live as yourself. Understanding your patterns, honoring your needs, and building a relationship with yourself that feels like home instead of a constant battle.

Learning more about myself changed everything. Suddenly all those years of feeling like I was doing life wrong made sense. My brain wasn't broken, it was just different. This discovery opened the door to understanding that most of what I thought were my biggest problems were actually just me trying to function as who I thought everyone else wanted me to be instead of learning to live as myself.

I'm in a place now where I feel more myself than ever, living in alignment with the life I want to lead. And I know there's so much more work ahead, there will be for the rest of my life. But I love myself now. I love this journey. I'm genuinely excited to keep walking this path and see what else is possible.

This journey taught me that healing isn't about fixing what's wrong with you. It's about remembering who you've always been underneath all the programming and expectations.

Everything I've learned about trauma, neurodivergence, cultural identity, and authentic living has led me here. I specialize in helping people discover that what they thought were their biggest flaws might actually be their greatest gifts, waiting for the right space to be celebrated instead of fixed.

I help people understand that their nervous systems are the bridge between their inner wisdom and how they experience the world. That love should never require us to disappear.

I'm not ahead of you on this path. I'm walking it alongside you, holding space for your experiments, your questions, your messiness, your breakthroughs. Because I know what it's like to sit in that chair. I know what it's like to need someone to believe it's possible before you can believe it yourself.

That's what I offer you.