I used to be skeptical of coaching.
Then I did the inner work myself, and it changed how I lead, how I live, and eventually what I do for a living.
My parents immigrated from the Philippines to Rhode Island in search of a better life. What they handed me was work ethic, humility, and quiet resilience.
What they could not have known is that those same values would one day make me the kind of leader who ran on empty and called it commitment.
I’ve spent more than two decades in higher education, starting at the University of Maryland in 2004 in University Recreation & Wellness. I managed facilities, built training programs, and served on a senior leadership team. Today I’m the Director for Staff Experience and Culture in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, shaping how a division of more than 1,500 employees develops and keeps its people.
Along the way I learned something the hard way: the most impactful leaders are the ones willing to do the inner work. Not the ones with the most answers. Not the ones who never step away. The ones who know what is happening inside them, because that is the most basic requirement of leading anyone else.
I’m also a husband and a father. That is not a footnote. It is the reason “live well” comes first in everything I teach.
HOW I COACH
You are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole.
01 · Client-led
You already have wisdom I cannot see. My job is to help you find it, not to hand you mine. Coaching is not fixing people, because you are not broken.
02 · Action-oriented
Insight without movement is just a nice conversation. I push your thinking, help you get unstuck, and move you toward action you actually take.
03 · In your corner
I recognize and champion your growth every step of the way. Honest when it’s hard, and unmistakably for you the whole time.
The toolbox behind the conversations.
Co-Active Coaching (CPCC). The methodology that shapes how I show up in every session: client-led, action-oriented, and rooted in the belief that you are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole.
CliftonStrengths. As a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, I help you name what you naturally do best and build your leadership on it, instead of on the gaps you’ve been told to fix.
Integrative iEQ9 Enneagram. A pattern-recognition tool for seeing the motivations underneath your leadership habits, especially the ones running the show without your permission.
ICF Standards (ACC). Accredited by the International Coaching Federation, which means ethical guardrails, confidentiality, and real accountability for the quality of our work.
Education: B.S. Physical Education, University of Rhode Island · M.Ed. Recreation Administration, Bowling Green State University
The best way to know if this fits is to talk.
A sample session is 15 minutes, free, and honest. Bring whatever you’re carrying.