About Anna

Occupational therapist. Doctoral professor. Educator.

Board-certified music therapist. Mom.

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My clinical background spans NICU, neuro ICU, cardiac ICU, inpatient mental and behavioral health, early intervention, inpatient pediatrics, and hospice. Spending time with people across the full spectrum of life teaches you quickly that connection is what matters most. That has been foundational to everything, including how I parent.

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When I became a mom, I found myself drawing on everything I had learned clinically and bringing it home intentionally. My background in improv theater shaped how I think about responsiveness, confidence, and trusting the process without a script. That work followed me into the classroom, where I have used improv as an educational framework to prepare students for unexpected interactions, build professional confidence, and develop identity and readiness at the entry level. It is the same philosophy applied at home. Responsive parenting is not scripted. It is a skill you build. That is why I am less interested in giving parents a checklist and more interested in building the confidence and capacity to improvise well. The environments we create, the books we choose, the ways we set up play and learning are all intentional and thoughtfully progressive, built to support confidence, frustration tolerance, and a genuine love of figuring things out.

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As a professor, I have watched what happens when young people haven't had the space to think critically, solve problems independently, or develop a genuine love of learning. Probably Doing Fine exists because the next generation deserves to be curious, capable, and confident, and it starts much earlier than most people think.

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My husband Mitchell prefers no recognition, but he is truly a big part of this community. He brings his own lens to this work with a background in English, creative writing, and instructional design that shapes how we think about storytelling, language, and how people actually learn. He is the reason the words here are as careful as the frameworks behind them.

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Everything we do is OT-informed, evidence-grounded, and built for real life. Because most parents are already doing more right than they think, and the goal is to support the language, intention, and connection that deepen that understanding and make it feel that way too.