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I founded Hoof Falls & Footfalls to provide high quality, thought-provoking, and professional content related to adaptive/therapeutic riding and other Equine Assisted Services (EAS).
My goal is to challenge the status quo and encourage instructors, students, centers, and the EAS industry to raise their standards when it comes to the quality and safety of the services we provide. Beyond my website, blog, and various resources, I specialize in offering development and educational opportunities to adaptive/therapeutic instructors.
My approach emphasizes ethical collaboration with our equine partners and meeting our students of all abilities where they are to facilitate their growth and independence as equestrians. I want to help support and educate instructors because they are the the heart and soul of our industry. I strongly believe that hard work and perseverance can lead to unexpected achievements, and I’m here to inspire and support you in reaching your goals.
ME…IN A NUTSHELL
I love God, my husband (who is my high school sweetheart), three energetic sons, and all my critters. We currently have 3 horses (my 4 footed coworkers) and 2 blue heelers.
I have an immense passion for the Equine Assisted Services industry and love mentoring and educating adaptive/therapeutic riding instructors as it pushes me to continue learning new things!
Hoof Falls & Footfalls has been a passion project that documents my instructor journey as well as challenges me to know my whats/hows/whys by doing research to support the content and education I provide.
In addition to the instructor education side of Hoof Falls & Footfalls, I run a small “inclusive” lesson program on my property where I offer traditional, adaptive, and Equine Assisted Learning lesson.
After almost a decade of working in various capacities at a large PATH intl. Premier Accredited Center that I care for deeply, I made the incredibly hard decision to step down from my position to stay at home withour (then) young children. I wanted a way to stay involved in the EAS industry and continue to grow as an instructor…so Hoof Falls & Footfalls was created!
I was raised in a world surrounded by equines and inherited the “horse bug” from my grandfather and parents. My grandfather, a genuine cowboy, trained and raced thoroughbreds, and his several of his ‘crazy’ old-school cowboy remedies still serve as my go-to solutions all these years later (and sciences is starting to explain why they work!). My parents operated a boarding and training facility in New Mexico, where Shetland ponies and chickens were my closest companions during my homeschooling years.
During my youth years showing pony hunters, hunter/jumpers, pony jumpers, English equitation, 4-H, I was fortunate enough to ride countless different horses and ponies. Most of ‘my’ equines were kill lot pones that were bought for meat value (because we did not have much money growing up) and years of hard work turned them into amazing animals that have taught me invaluable life lessons. My parents specialized in fixing ‘problem’ horses so I have seen the worst of the worst when it comes to horses which has been a true eye opener to reality that horses can be a dangerous sport and that safety should be first and foremost.
I’m living proof that being that awkward, horse obsessed kid can pay off and result in a beautiful life.
Instructor Training for Equine Programs for Fire/Police/Military
South Korea
Adaptive Riding Instructor Clinic
Arizona
Naughty Horse Presentation
2019 Regional Horse Conference - Colorado
Tempe Mounted Police School
2019 Arizona
Tempe Mounted Police School
2019 Arizona
We are based out of Phoenix, Arizona but travel for national and international clinics, mentoring, coaching, and instructor development.
