My path into herbal medicine started in a lab, not a garden. I trained and worked as a chemist and chemical engineer, formulating products for a living — and the more of them I helped bring to market, the more uneasy I felt. I was building things full of synthetic, toxic chemicals and calling it progress, and it left me feeling hollow rather than proud of the work.
At the same time, I was fighting a private battle of my own: acne that had followed me for well over a decade. I tried everything modern medicine and my own industry's best formulations had to offer, and none of it worked. What finally worked was seeing a clinical herbalist — who helped clear skin that ten-plus years of pharmaceuticals never could.
That experience cracked something open in me. If a body of knowledge this old and this effective could be so overlooked, even by someone trained to trust lab chemistry above all else, what else had modern life quietly let us forget? I left chemical engineering behind, trained as a clinical herbalist myself, and set out to help preserve and pass on traditional plant medicine before more of it is lost.
Since then, I've built a community of over 650,000 people by sharing herbalism the way I wish someone had shared it with me: accessible, evidence-informed, and honest about what it can and can't do. My greatest joy is seeing people gain confidence, clarity, and real results as they care for themselves and their families with the support of herbal medicine.
My hope is that this app empowers you to care for yourself and your family with confidence, curiosity, and a deeper understanding of herbal medicine. I’m honored to be your guide on this journey toward safer, more informed self-care.
