• PhD in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame (2021)

• MA in psychodynamic psychotherapy from the Chicago Institute for Clinical Social Work (2024)

• MA in philosophy from the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology (2015)

• MA in theology from the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology (2015)

• BA in philosophy & religion from Hillsdale College (2012)

• (in-progress) certification in philosophical counseling from the National Philosophical Counselors Association (NPCA)

• instructor in philosophy and pastoral counseling for St. Meinrad Seminary

• four years of teaching philosophy at the undergraduate and graduate level for prisons, universities, and seminaries