Background:
- Founder, former Executive Director for F.E.A.S.T., the only international parent-led parent-focused eating disorder advocacy organization.
- Co-Founder of Charlotte's Helix, a UK DNA project to contribute to AN25K, a search for the genetic underpinning of eating disorders vulnerability
- Awarded Meehan/Hartley Award for Public Service and/or Advocacy by the Academy for Eating Disorders
- Experienced peer mentor alongside parents since 2003
- Academy for Eating Disorders member and volunteer
- B.S. in Chinese Language, M.S. in Wildlife Biology
- Popular international speaker: US, Australia, Canada, Austria, Czech Republic
- Author of two books for parents about eating disorder treatment
- Longstanding advocate for families
- Organizer and host of four international eating disorder conferences
- F.E.A.S.T.’s Family Guides editorial team
- Supporter of eating disorder clinicians and clinics around the world offering family-inclusive and effective treatment and saving lives
