Non-Fiction

I have been a professional genealogist since 1998, specializing in the Appalachian region of the United States.

That work lives at the intersection of family, place, land, and the quiet stories that official records almost never tell. I founded appalachiangenealogy.com and hold a Bachelor of Arts in American History. The non-fiction I write in this space grows directly out of that research: the people, the communities, and the terrain that shaped one of the most distinct and misunderstood regions in the country.

I hold a Bachelor of Science in Mental Health Psychology and a Master of Science in Organizational Psychology, and I have worked as a life coach.

That combination of clinical foundation and organizational application shapes everything I write in this space: how people function, how they fracture, how they rebuild, and how the systems around them make all of that harder or easier than it needs to be.

My day job is the corporate world. I work as a readiness specialist in the banking industry, where my Master of Science in Organizational Psychology is less a credential than a daily tool.

The business writing I am developing comes from inside the work, not above it. Practical, grounded, and built for people who are actually in the room.