CV | House Of The Sun

The Sun · Writer · Speaker · Wellness & Accessibility Leader · Creator of Spell-Lit™

Founder & Creator, The House of the Sun (2024–present)
- Video essay series tackling taboo topics (loneliness, grief, friendship).
- Produced with a unique “pajama aesthetic” to dismantle respectability politics and center authenticity.
- Creator of The Return System™, a system of body-based, somatic exercise to help the body process feelings like numbness, overwhelm, and burnout.
Author, The Invisible Grief of Adulthood (2025)
- Introduces Spell-Lit™, a new literary form embodying the somatic experience of grief.
- Companion resources (www.invisible-grief.com) include a Grief Atlas, worksheets, and a community-driven grief wall.
- Shares The Return System™ with the public for the first time.
Coordinator, Learner Wellness & Support Services, Merit America (2024–present)
- Lead wellness initiatives, learner accommodations, and microgrant support.
- Facilitate affinity groups and belonging strategies for diverse adult learners.
- Facilitate workshops incorporating the role of grief into the worklife (i.e., Imposter Syndrome as Grief, etc.)
- Manage critical support systems (mental health, housing, accessibility, SAP) to ensure equitable success.

Program Success Manager / Career Coach, Merit America (2022–2024)
- Coached national cohorts of adult learners into tech careers, driving wage mobility.
- Delivered workshops on resumes, interviewing, and career readiness.
- Built supportive peer learning squads and strengthened program retention.
Director, Accessibility Services, Valencia College (2018–2022)
- Led collegewide disability services, policy, and compliance for thousands of students.
- Managed college-wide budget and supervised adaptive technology and interpreter teams.
Director, Office of Accessibility Services, Saint Leo University (2018)
- Served as institutional ADA coordinator.
- Partnered across departments on accessibility, policy reform, and equity initiatives.

Ed.D., Education Leadership (Adult Learners with Disabilities) — University of Florida (2021)
M.H.R., Human Resource Management — Rollins College (2005)
B.A., English — Rollins College (2001)

The Spell-Lit™ Codex v2.0: Ritualized Form as Nervous System Literature (2025, Humanities Commons) — Foundational framework for Spell-Lit™.
The Invisible Grief of Adulthood (2025).
“Low cost but effective: Staff development activities in community college student affairs.” Community College Journal of Research & Practice (2017).

National presenter at AHEAD, NACADA, and UF Center for Teaching Excellence.
Published in Community College Journal of Research & Practice and Humanities Commons.
Invited speaker and presenter on grief, wellness, and disability inclusion.