Life sciences is about pushing scientific boundaries to impact as many lives as possible. My work is grounded in one belief: we are all patients at the end of the day. The moment we forget this truth, we lose sight of our core purpose.
Because the patients we are fighting for aren’t strangers: they’re our family, loved ones, and ourselves.
My career is built on the foundations of clinical research, optimizing internal and external partnerships and relationships, all around pushing breakthrough therapies to reach the ones who need it most.
I started as a clinical research coordinator at UC Davis enrolling patients in hematology, oncology, and rare disease trials. Those patients are the unsung heroes — offering their time to offer hope to future patients — and they taught me that every decision in clinical development matters more than we realize.
Since then, I’ve built a deliberately non-traditional career path that’s bridged the clinical site, sponsor, and nearly all stages of drug development. I jump into extended roles where needed — clinops, program management, regulatory strategy, program team leadership — because that’s how you learn to solve any problem that comes up.
I specialize in rescuing stalled clinical trials — identifying what’s broken, creating and executing critical action plans, and getting programs back on track fast. More recently I’ve been focused on novel therapeutic modalities where no regulatory playbook exists and you’re building the plane while flying it.
As a speaker and advisor, I help others think about the problems that haven’t surfaced yet and creatively build solutions — but the work I’m most proud of is the personal 1:1 time spent coaching and helping people across academia, biotech, pharma, and even complete strangers who’ve become close friends.
Let’s remember, at the end of the day, we are all patients. So let’s do right by us.
