Usui Reiki Level I & II, Grace Harrington Murdoch & Rachael Duda (2019)

Wine Trade Trip. Argentina (2018)

Sake Trade Trip. Japan (2018)

WSET Sake Level 3 Award with Distinction - Sake, Wine & Spirit Education Trust (May 2017)

Wine Trade Trip. Chile & Argentina (2017)

Beer Research Trip. Munich, Nuremberg and Plzen (2015)

Certificate of Cider & Perry Appreciation, National Association of Cider Makers (March 2015)

Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HC + CHHP), American Association of Drugless Practitioners (2013 - 2014)

Certified Cicerone, Cicerone Certification Program (September 2011)

Certified Specialist of Wine, Society of Wine Educators (October 2007)

BS Food, Nutritional and Sensory Science, emphasis in Wine & Hospitality Management, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (2002 - 2006)

A brief overview of influences in my creative system.

Andreas Kornevall. Mentorship (2025-ongoing) and Call of the Wild Falcons (2025 - 26)

Sajah Popham. The School of Evolutionary Herbalism. Vitalist Herbal Practitioner (2022 - ongoing)

Koyoltzintli. The Voice She Carried: Female Flutes in Ancient Sound. Pottery Workshop (Feb - April 2026)

Nicole France. The Ancestral Loom (2025-26)

Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course & Conference (2025)

Kathryn Solie. Poisonous Plant Medicine Level 1 (2024) & Level 2, 3, 4 (2025)

Rune Hjarno Rasmussen PH.D. The Animacy of Runes and Landconnectedness - Nordic Animism (2024)

Britten LaRue. Living Astrology, Underdog to Diva, and The Magicians Table (2023 - 2024)

Danica Boyce. Unearthed - course on the roots of imperialism in the Christian Middle Ages (2023)

Naomi Mirkrida. Seidr, and A Year with Frau Holda, School of Seidr (2022 - 2023)

Hudson Valley Pottery Studio (2022)

Lara Veleda Vesta. Wild Soul Runes, Dark Goddess Year, Foundations of Ancestral Animism, Ancestral Underworld and 1:1 Mentorship - Wild Soul School (2021 - 2022)

Grace Harrington Murdoch. Narrative Astrology, Flowers & Stars (2020)

Dr. Sharon Blackie. This Mythic Life, Courting the World Soul, Sisters of Rock & Root (2019 - 2020)

Dr. Roxanne Partridge Ph.D. The Wild Queen Residency, embodiedperiod (2019 & 2021)

Kami McBride. Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils (2018)

Asia Suler. Intuitive Plant Medicine, One Willow Apothecary (2018)

Apiary & Apitherapy. Slovenia & New Hampshire (2025)

Ancestral Motherland Trip. Scandinavia - Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Norway & Denmark (2025)

Food | Beverage | Culture Research. Grisons, Switzerland (2025)

Food | Culture. Istanbul, Turkey (2024)

Food | Culture. Savoie, France (2024)

Beer | Vermouth | Sherry Study. Spain and HVNY (2023 - 2024)

Whisky | Gin | Food | Culture. Edinburgh, Isle of Skye & Inverness Scotland (2022)

Beer | Food | Culture. Dublin, Adare, Ballysteen, Poulnabrone, Burren National Park, Ireland (2022)

Apples & Cider. Bristol & Glastonbury, England (2020)

Gin. UK (2017, 2020 & 2022)

Active Dream Research Pilgrimage. Glasgow, Highlands & Edinburgh Scotland (2019)

Ancestral Pilgrimage. Sweden (2019)

Perennial Agriculture. Land Institute Visit, Kansas (2019)

Cider | Wine | Food Trip. Frankfurt & Rhineland (2019)

Wine Trip. Willamette Valley, Oregon (2018)

Wine Trip. Burgundy (2018)

Food | Culture Trip. Iceland (2018)

Ancestral Pilgrimage. England (2017)

Wine Trip. Northern California (2012)

Wine Trip. Santa Rita Hills California (2012)

Cultural Trips. Greece (2010 - 2012 & 2018): Vergina (Aigai) Macedonia; Panagia Mavriotissa; Florina; Naoussa; Dion – Mount Olympus area; Thessaloniki; Stagira (Chalkidiki); Athens & Attica area; Delphi; Meteora; Larnaca Salt Lake (Alyki Larnakas); Chania & Heraklion (Knossos), Maleme Airfield & War Cemetery; Archaeological Museum of Thera + Grapevine Growing (Santorini); Rhodes

Wine Trade Trip. Master’s High Altitude Malbec, “Malbec Camp Trade Trip” Bodegas Nicolas Catena Zapata (2008)

Wine Trip. Los Carneros, Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, Napa California (2007)

Wine Trip. Temecula California (2006)

Wine Regions of Texas Internship (2006)

Wine Hybrid Study Nebraska Internship (2005 - 2006)

Poetry Collective (2025 - present)

Northern Dutchess Beekeeper’s Club (2025 - present)

American Apitherapy Society (2025 - present)

Ting Ting. GuanJing Method (2023 - ongoing personal practice)

Landsman Kill Trail Association (2022 - present)

Ba Duan Jin Qigong (2021 - ongoing personal practice)

Yoga (2006 - ongoing personal practice) + Supported Practice: Rosario Vink (Vinyasa 2012 - 2013); Lea Bender ( Chanting, Yogic Philosophies/Upanishads 2025 - ongoing)

Altered States and Practices: Holotropic Breath work, Dismemberment Ceremony (Gabriela Gutierrez), Dream Recall.

University of Nebraska Equestrian Team (2003 - 2005)

University of Nebraska Horse Judging Team (2004 - 2005)

Nebraska Oregon Trail Rodeo Queen (2001 - 2002)

Nebraska 4-H Program. Horse, Sheep, Hogs, Cattle (1992 - 2002)

Nebraska 4-H Program Livestock Judging (1996 - 1998)

Karen Russell. Horsemanship and The Horse-Body Connection (1989 - 2001)