I moved to Golden in 2018 after having lived in Denver for a number of years. I truly love the community here and how much of it is concentrated on the outdoors. It’s a dream to be able to mountain bike from my garage through miles and miles of single-track trails without getting in a car or hitting a highway. The relatively small size of the community has also helped me to foster amazing relationships with my neighbors. I work as the Assistant Clinical Medical Director at a non-profit primary care clinic that focuses on providing quality health care for all patients, though many of our patients are uninsured. Work can be stressful and take an emotional toll, and I’m thankful for good people and a beautiful place to relax at the end of a day. My latest adventure has been my journey through parenthood- my wife and I are currently Moms to two children. We have fostered children ranging in age from infants, to teenagers to teenagers with infants of their own. It has been quite an experience and I’m grateful to be at a place in my life where I’m able to provide a safe home. Our foster journey is coming to an end as we move through adoption with our amazing daughter who has brought us so much joy! It’s incredible to be able to raise my kids in such an amazing place.
Q: Please tell us about your current, past, or future career/accomplishments. What do you love most about what you do?
I love being an integral part of a team of health care providers that care so deeply about humans. Caring for people across their lifespan – throughout childhood, pregnancy and then parenthood has become a favorite part of my job.
Q: What are a couple of your favorite restaurants or breweries in our community?
New Terrain is my favorite brewery by far because it has a great place for kids to play outside, awesome beer, good community, and great music. We can bike on trails directly from our house to their backdoor.
Q: How long have you lived or worked in our community?
I’ve lived here now since 2018 and started fostering youth in Jefferson County in 2021.
Q: What is one of your favorite hiking or biking trails?
I really love the Cottonwood Trail loop on North Table Mountain. Slight elevation gain and some fun, technical parts.
Q: What advice would you give to yourself 10 years ago?
Enjoy your freedom when you are young.
Q: What is your favorite thing or something unique about our community?
I always love a good group of people that like drinking beer and riding bikes! The golden community definitely embraces this!
Q: What is something interesting that most people don’t know about you?
I’ve had a poem published before.
Q: Who inspires you to be better?
My kids inspire me to better because they ask amazing questions and bring such genuine sweetness to the world.
Q: Finally, what 3 words or phrases come to mind when you think of the word HOME?
Safe, beautiful, fun.
