"We do what we know until we know how to do better"

Hi, I'm Kristen!

This is my Story

When I started medical school, I didn't know what type of doctor I wanted to be.

Fast forward to my clinical rotations.  Near the beginning of my rotation in pediatrics, I observed a 9 month old in respiratory distress.  He needed help, but lacked he ability to communicate.  Meanwhile, his parents looked terrified.  Very quickly, the pediatrician recognized the illness he was suffering from, and provided life-saving treatment.  

That was it.  That was the moment I knew what I meant to do.  But over the years, that calling has changed.  I love being a pediatrician, but my passion is to engage in empowered parenting-a style of parenting that starts with the unique development, personality, and temperament of each individual child.  From there, appropriate strategies can be implemented to raise kind, respectful, confident human beings who will change the world in so many positive ways.