my story

Hi, I’m Thea. I graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine after six years of study with a Masters of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine specialization in 2022.

But I began my journey to Reune Medicine as an educator.

For nearly 15 years, I worked with schools in different parts of the world, in classrooms ranging from the traditional academic setting to full experiential immersion. I spent many years living and traveling through remote places with groups of students, teaching everything from environmental science to leadership. As a guide and facilitator, I’ve always focused on environmental and social awareness. My students emerged with a greater sense of themselves, care for their interactions, and respect for and connection to the natural world.

Now as a practitioner, I unify my skills as an educator and East Asian medicine practitioner with my values. I apply a weight-neutral, harm-reduction, trauma-informed, and social justice-informed lens, and I am constantly working to recognize the privileges I hold and the context that I bring to any environment and interaction.