She is also a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild. She has 4 children and has focused on the pediatric population in her private practice. She is a Lactation Consultant and the former president of the Seattle-King County Breastfeeding Coaltion. She is currently the chair of the Botanical Medicine Department and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Bastyr University. She is a council member for the American Herbalists Guild and a board director for the Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians.