For fifteen years, I was a fitness coach and competitor — helping others sculpt their bodies while quietly numbing my own pain with painkillers and stimulants.

After a back injury and the loss of my mother and grandparents, I spiraled — until one psilocybin experience changed everything.

Within days, I dropped the pills and discovered a new purpose: to learn from the intelligence of fungi and help others do the same.

In 2020, I co-founded Windy City Mushroom, a 50,000 sq ft vertical farm turning agricultural waste into organic food.
Soon after, I launched Fungitarian Food & Lifestyle, making gourmet mushroom meals accessible across the Midwest.