A lifelong climber and longtime competitor. As a kid, she qualified for the US National team in 2011, 2012, and 2014. She started coaching intermediate teams at Earth Treks in Rockville when she was still in high school. In 2014, she moved to North Carolina to study at UNC Chapel Hill, and in 2015 she started working with the elite team at Triangle Rock Club. After she graduated college with a BS degree in mathematics, she started working with Team ABC in Boulder, Colorado. She worked with elite youth athletes from all over the country as a US National team coach for the Youth World Championships in 2018 and 2019.