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About the founder

Insider expertise, lived experience.

Navigating health insurance with a chronic illness is exhausting. I translate complex policy codes into plain English so you can protect your limited energy.

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The dual path

Bridging policy and pain.

For fifteen years, I worked inside the insurance industry, learning how the gears turn. When my own MS diagnosis arrived, I had to learn the system all over again—this time, from the patient side of the desk.

Today, I combine professional policy credentials with lived patient reality. I help individuals secure coverage and teach healthcare organizations how to dismantle systemic barriers with empathy.

A note on the name

Spoon-Saver gets its name from Spoon Theory, which many people in the chronic illness community use to talk about managing limited energy each day. Christine Miserandino came up with this idea in 2003, and it has stayed important to the community ever since. If dealing with insurance paperwork is using up energy you can't afford to lose, that's exactly why this site is here.

By the numbers

Advocacy by the numbers

15+ Yrs

Health insurance experience

MS Ambassador

National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Featured Contributor

MSAA Conversations Blog

Where I've Shown Up

A brief look at my roles as a panel participant, patient speaker, and research contributor.

Panel Participant

American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN 2026)

Patient Speaker

Genentech Inc.

Patient Advisory Research Contributor

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