My own personal journey begin while working with animals as a veterinary technician. I learned about the immense impact of unconditional love and the actual physical health rewards of being around animals. After being in this field a couple years,  I decided to expand my knowledge and skills into the human field and became an Occupational Therapist.

I was drawn to the overall whole body mind approach Occupational Therapy incorporated. I was also introduced to how OT’s use animals in human rehabilitation (hippo therapy /animals assisted therapy). This was a win win situation for me! After working in many different therapy settings and many different states, I landed in Los Angeles and eventually began developing my own practice.

A few years into owning my own practice, I was introduced to a therapy modality that helps with pain, posture and PTSD. I began learning how trauma can be buried at the cellular level and continue to affect ones body and mind. At the same time I started attracting leaders, mentors and intuitives into my life that would end up guiding me toward my own inner journey of holistic health and healing. When I realized what a gift these tools were, my dream to build a place providing these opportunities to survivors of sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking emerged. 

While working through my relationship with my mom, and with myself, I recognized the lack of tools and support and healing modalities available for women. My beautiful mother struggled with her worth, her beauty, her connection and even light & love she brought to the world because of years of abuse as a young girl. I named the nonprofit after my mom, Dawn. May her journey -which ignited my journey -be the beginning of A New Dawn, a new day.