Why I Started Blue Spruce Consulting: My Story
Helping organizations work smarter, reduce stress, and put people first
There was a time in my life when everything felt unmanageable. I was caught in a cycle of addiction and mental health struggles that nearly cost me everything. My recovery wasn’t a straight path. It included time in hospitals, treatment programs, and sober living environments. But each step gave me a clearer understanding of what lasting change requires: honesty, structure, and compassion.
Now, nine years into recovery, I look back and see how those lessons became the foundation for everything I do, personally and professionally.
My journey began in the recovery community, volunteering at a local center. I quickly discovered how much I loved helping others who were walking the same path I once had. That experience led me to become a peer support specialist, where I learned that real progress happens when people feel seen, supported, and guided, not judged.
From there, I stepped into a new challenge: building and leading teams that could deliver that same kind of care at scale. Over the years, I moved from peer support to office coordination, to managing, and eventually directing a national case management and peer support program. I led more than 50 people across the country, helping to create systems that kept care personal, effective, and human.
As my work grew, so did my curiosity about how we could make systems work better for both the people delivering care and those receiving it. That curiosity brought me to care delivery innovation and data analytics. I began exploring how data could tell stories, reveal inefficiencies, and improve experiences. I learned to build dashboards, clean data, and map processes, not just to improve business outcomes, but to make sure every decision reflected what is best for the person at the center of care.
That is how Blue Spruce Consulting was born.
My goal is not just to help organizations optimize or increase revenue. It is to help them find clarity, reduce unnecessary stress, and make choices that serve both people and purpose. I believe good data and good systems are acts of care. When you make processes clear, validate your data, and lead with empathy, you do not just make business better, you make it more human.
At Blue Spruce Consulting, I bring together everything I have learned: the structure and insight from recovery, the leadership experience from building national teams, and the analytical skills from care delivery innovation. My work focuses on improving processes, cleaning and validating data, and creating dashboards that bring clarity and alignment to organizations, all grounded in the belief that every system should serve people first.
Recovery taught me that transformation is always possible with the right structure, support, and commitment to growth. That is the spirit behind Blue Spruce Consulting.
If you have ever wondered how data, strategy, and human centered thinking can come together to make business work better for people, you are in the right place. I will be sharing lessons, strategies, and stories from both worlds, recovery and business, to inspire clarity, connection, and real change.
