Hi! I'm Kyra. I provide holistic college coaching for students with mental health challenges. My approach is informed by frameworks like supported education, positive psychology, peer support, and the social model of disability. My job is to meet you where you're at and support you to succeed.

I discovered my passion working with students with mental health disabilities when I served as Community Inclusion Specialist with the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities. While there, I provided individualized supports to college students diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and major depression as part of a national research study. From 2019 – 2023, I served as co-designer and facilitator for a program focused on increasing meaningful campus engagement among college students with mental illnesses. While at Temple, I discovered that many of the students I worked with had not received adequate supports to empower them to live independently and connect meaningfully with peers, faculty and administrators. This led me to start My Own Pace.

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As a coach, I support students to succeed academically and develop meaningful, independent lives as college students. I work with traditional college students, adults returning to school or starting for the first time, and students returning to college following intensive psychiatric treatment. As a person who navigated the higher education system with mental health challenges, my services are peer-delivered. I meet with students virtually and offer additional support via phone and text.

I offer individualized coaching for college students with mental health challenges (age 18+), and develop customized mental health inclusion trainings for providers, educators, and organizations. I work with students online or at a public, community space in Collingswood, NJ.