This year I am in my 10th year with FOCUS! After graduating from the University of Vermont, God blessed me with serving 5 years as a campus missionary and 4 years as a Regional Director in the South and East areas. This year I will be working with FOCUS on our Suitability team helping prospective missionaries as they apply to work for FOCUS! My husband Jack serves as the Team Director at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and we live in New York! God has brought us on a truly unique journey to this point in our lives and we would love to share more with you!

Pictured above: Team West Point 2026-2027
Justin, Sheila, Sheridan, me, Jack

As a missionary, my greatest desire is to lead all souls to Christ. My life and my family have been radically transformed by the love of Christ and this is the greatest gift we could ask for!

When I decided to make my First Holy Communion and my Confirmation sophomore year of college, the impact was nothing short of incredible.  Suddenly, everything started coming together.  The sorority I was a part of had new meaning to our founding virtues of truth, self-sacrifice, and friendship and my reasons for studying psychology were not only to help others see themselves more clearly but to help them see themselves the way God sees them.  I still couldn’t quite tie it all together until the summer before my junior year of college when God called me to intern for a summer out at Christ in the City.  Unsure of why I was going, I packed up my summers of beach-going and headed out west to serve the homeless.  As I was thrown right into spending hours on the streets of Denver finding friends in the homeless, I began to find a new use for my psychology skills through listening and being present for these friends.  It wasn’t until my last day of service in Denver, when a friend of two years told me that, finally, he was going to become Catholic at the end of the year.  That’s when it all clicked.  I loved my friend far more than any hot lunch or dry pair of socks could show him.  I loved him to his soul and wanted him to know the infinite and unconditional love that I had experienced from God.

Upon returning to school in the Fall, the pieces only continued to fall into place.  As much as I loved homeless ministry, college students jumped out as my passion as I accompanied women in my sorority as well as other students at our Catholic Center throughout the year.  College is such a crucial and high stress time in a student’s life and on a campus of 12,000 it is far too easy to get lost among the numbers.  But there is someone who has a plan for us, knows us inside and out, and is waiting for us each moment.  It’s up to us to open our hearts to His saving love.

When I answered the call to join FOCUS, I made the decision to rely on the spiritual and financial support of mission partners to help me through this mission. I’ve been blessed with the most amazing people who have journeyed with me as I serve on campus. If you are interested in partnering with me, please let me know of the best way to reach you and I will schedule an appointment. I’d be honored to share this mission with you. Reach me by either emailing [email protected] or calling/texting 978-578-9350.