My Story
I was born in 1999 to a wonderful family: a loving mom, a hardworking father, and three amazing siblings. I was raised in a small mountain town in Northern California and spent most of my free time outside! Summers were filled with day trips to Lake Tahoe while winters were spent having snowball fights in the backyard (some seasons we got over 50 feet of snow).
My parents regularly took us to church, and I remember praying as a family every evening before bed. In 2010, I was at a summer camp singing the line “it’s all about you Jesus” from the song “The Heart of Worship,” and it was in that moment that I decided to make those words the reality of my life! And from that point on, my love for Christ only deepened as I learned what it meant to have a relationship with Him.
Upon graduating high school, I considered careers in sports, music, real estate, and construction, but I started feeling drawn to full time ministry and ended up going to Bible College to explore this calling further. During my two years there, including a semester in Israel, God ignited a passion in me to make an eternal impact in this world.
Several local ministry opportunities opened up as I was wrapping up my final semester, but I really longed to explore the world and serve overseas. I began making plans to move out of the country, but that door closed when COVID-19 hit in 2020. So I stayed in California and led the worship department at my Bible College, then returned to my hometown to start a young adults ministry, which I led for nearly two years.
Eventually, I stepped down to recenter myself upon Christ and seek God’s guidance for my next steps. During this time, the Lord reignited this passion to serve overseas and before I knew it, I was on a plane headed back to Israel! I got to help lead a Bible College semester, which included teaching through the gospels, leading tours, and pouring into the students. Unfortunately, our semester was cut short when the war in Israel started.
And just like that, I was back in California, praying about what to do next. But within a few months, I signed up for a six-month mission school with YWAM (Youth with a Mission). This Discipleship Training School (DTS) was split in two phases: the lecture phase, where missionaries from all over the world taught on a variety of Biblical topics, and the outreach phase, where my team of seven was sent to remote villages in Fiji to preach the gospel and spread the love of Christ. This experience really opened my eyes to the many needs there are in missions. And it was during this time that the Lord refined my calling! And I’m excited to share my vision for what’s next!
