My journey
I believe that from a very early age, God gave me a supernatural love and sensitivity towards Jesus that He has used as a vessel to shine His light to the world. I grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, and was raised in a Christian home. This meant church on Sundays, helping with VBS (Vacation Bible School) every summer, and following my mom around to local outreaches like the Salvation Army and a middle school youth ministry called “Girl Talk”. I learned that my heart for Jesus was not just meant to be an internal feeling I had towards God but actually was to be lived out and shared with all people.
“How can they believe in one of whom they have never heard? And how can they hear unless someone proclaims him? And who will go to tell them unless he is sent?” —Romans 10:14
In high school, I had the privilege to serve in several leadership roles like cheer captain, yearbook editor, senior class president, and NHS secretary. Each one taught me the weight of my actions (influence) and the cost of following Jesus, even in my Christian school. As I started to prioritize my faith, I began to feel a burden for my classmates and that they would love Jesus the way I did. At that time, a close friend and I started to make YouTube videos to encourage girls our age to resist compromise and walk in their identity. Looking back, it is so evident how those early experiences in my life were part of how God was shaping me for His purpose.
I also began to lead worship in church and during school chapel, combining my love for both Jesus and music. I’ve always had a passion for musical theater and had the honor of being apart of an evangelistic version of ‘A Christmas Carol’, where I got to preach the Gospel through my character’s dialogue. This marked me and revealed how God was using every part of my life to make Him known.
I’m beyond grateful for the many mentors who walked alongside me during my high school years. Their steady presence, their willingness to speak truth into my life, and the way they constantly pointed me back to God left a mark on me that I’ll never be able to fully put into words. They challenged me in wisdom and gave of themselves in ways I didn’t always understand at the time. I carry their investment with me daily, and I don’t take a bit of it for granted.
It wasn’t until I attended an event in 2019 called “The Send” that I knew I was called into full-time missions. 70,000 Christians gathered at Arrowhead Stadium in Orlando and committed to going forth in their spheres of influence to share the love of Jesus. I couldn’t shake the burden to reach my generation with the Gospel and see the great commission fulfilled. For a while, I didn’t know how it would play out in my life. However, I just kept saying yes.
“For I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” —Galatians 2:20
That “yes” led me through a Discipleship Training School (DTS) with the Circuit Riders in 2021 where I received every bit of confirmation about being in full-time missions. Preaching the Gospel became the central focus in my life but as I continued to tell others about Jesus, I was confronted with the reality that I did not have the knowledge nor the tools that were needed to keep winning the lost or properly mentor them into maturity.
Eventually, I was told about the School of Biblical Studies in Kona, Hawaii and signed up almost instantly. That was my answer. If I wanted to continue living as an ambassador of the Word, I first had to become a student of the Word. Not just to gain knowledge, but to posture myself in humility. To devote my time, energy, and focus to the Scriptures, acknowledging I simply did not know the very basics of what I believed in. During my time in SBS, I spent nine months using the inductive method to study the entire Bible five times. I became infatuated with God’s Word and the joy found in discovering it’s significance, yet I could not fathom how such curated brilliance was overlooked or never explored in the life of an average Believer.
As I learned about the Bible, I realized how uncommon it is to be educated and deeply rooted in it, even for Christians. Students who have completed SBS are a part of 1% of the earth’s population that have read through the Bible more than once, not to mention intensely studying and analyzing each book. Once I understood the crucial position I was in, God broke my heart for the injustice of biblical illiteracy and how I could now be used to change that statistic. It is not enough for myself alone to know the Bible and glory in the revelations I have received, but I must go share what I have learned and to
“..equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ..” —Ephesians 4:12
Since completing SBS in June 2025, I’ve committed to joining the SBS staff team, to train others how to study the Bible in depth and to further develop my skills as a teacher of the Word. It's now my joyful obligation and responsibility, as a steward of the Word, to engage in educating and globalizing the spread of the Bible.
I have always felt inclined to learn Hebrew because of my father’s Jewish heritage but it wasn’t until SBS that I realized it would actually benefit me in my further pursuit of God’s Word. Learning the languages the Bible was originally scribed in illuminates the layers, tone, and meaning behind text, making it possible to rightly teach and interpret Scripture. Therefore, alongside developing my ability to teach and lead, I am also learning the Biblical languages -Greek and Hebrew. I figured if I’m going to guide others, specifically in places where Biblical resources are scarce, I want to be confident that I’m not simply repeating what I’ve gained over the years but that I am capable of deciphering what God actually intended when He inspired His Word to the original authors. It’s for the sake of handling the Bible with utmost reverence, believing that it truly is the very Words of God.
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth." —2 Timothy 2:15
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It might feel daunting to give financially to missions—or even pointless. But I’ve come to see that it’s one of the quickest ways we partner with God’s movement on the earth.
I believe Jesus has given me all that I need to see the great commission fulfilled and I’m committed to going. Will you go with me by sending?
