a healthcare professional, mother, and writer navigating the space between caring for others and learning how to live in a body that doesn’t always cooperate. After years in healthcare, injury and chronic pain began to reshape not only her physical limits, but her sense of identity and purpose.

Through her writing, Krista explores the tension of still being a healer while also becoming a patient—examining resilience, loss, and the quiet strength required to rebuild a life from the inside out. Her memoir, When the Healer Breaks, offers an unfiltered look at pain, identity, and what it means to continue showing up when everything has changed.