About Me

I currently live in Greenwich Village, New York City, where I run my beauty company Envision Beauty. Envision Beauty is my dream-come-true.  It allows me to share my knowledge of health and beauty and to give back.

One of the greatest experiences of my life and a major inspiration to found Envision Beauty was a journey through over fifty countries across Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and South America.  It was truly eye-opening. I traveled alone, but met lots of other travelers along the way with whom I shared parts of my journey. I went deep water scuba diving- through Malaysia, the Philippines, and with Great White sharks in South Africa, climbed mountains- including Mount Kilmanjaro and the Hua Shan Mountain in China, went on long treks- Anapura Trek in Nepal, Machu Pichu in Peru, Skydove over Byron Bay in Australia, glacier-hiking in Queenstown, New Zealand, climbed the sand dunes in Mongolia and Namibia, learned Reiki and yoga in India, and all around accumulated a ton of indigenous health and beauty knowledge from dozens of different cultures! When I came back to the US I also worked for one of the biggest beauty companies in the world.

Traveling the world helped me realize how closely connected we all are, and how important it is to reach out and help others, which in turn brings more love into our own lives. My company donates at least 10% of our net proceeds to my favorite charity, Project Concern International which focuses on sustainable initiatives across the world such as clean water, micro-enterprise, agricultural development, and child and maternal health.

When I’m not working on Envision Beauty with my partner Adam, you can often find me practicing or teaching yoga. My teacher is Dharma Mittra, who is a 70-year old living yoga master right here in New York City. I also do quite a bit of meditating, using the teachings of my guru, Paramhansa Yogananda. Meditation is always necessary, and especially when you live in a wonderfully chaotic place like New York! Another of my favorite activities is volunteering at Dr. Jubbs’ Life Food Café in the East Village. Working there provides a huge amount of information on health compounds, minerals, and elevating my diet to its highest state.

Admittedly, I spend a lot of time in the kitchen or shopping at the local green markets and organic grocery stores (in New York Lifethyme on 6^th Avenue is my absolute favorite!). I walk to Chinatown every week to pick up Asian fruit, which I adore. Since I’m mostly a raw foodist, you’ll see me using my Vitamix, dehydrator and salad spinner a lot, but not my oven or stove (except for tea!).

I love to read, walk around the city listening to my ipod, visit the Museum of Natural History and, of course, I still travel as much as I possibly can! Even though my apartment is on the small side I am still a dog person. My favorite color is green.