Hi.

What’s there to say? I’m a tech-savvy anxiety-riddled latinx millennial that gets a weird kick out of seeing claims paid quickly, charging co-pays, and getting client balances to $0. I joke with my clients that doing this work feels like being the rat in a lab who ignores everything else in favor of repeatedly pushing a slightly electrified button for a treat. There’s a lil’ bit of zap but a whole lot of serotonin and I want m o r e.

I am the rat. Your claims and client balances are the button. $0 balances and “PAID” notifications are the treat. And tbh I am a-ok with that.

I started doing this work for a therapist from a local mom’s group at the top of COVID to earn some extra cash while on furlough from my day job in higher-ed arts administration. Together we migrated her practice from paper to SimplePractice, landed a few emergency out-of-state licenses, added some insurance panels, and grew her practice. I decided to do this work on a more formal basis because I enjoy it and have been convinced there is a need for my unique skills. I actually enjoy it so much that, despite swearing off all schooling after getting my master’s degree, I willingly purchased AAPC textbooks to get certified in Billing and Practice Management.

Outside of this I freelance in arts production around Boston, am raising two lil’ girls that will undoubtedly put me in an early grave, and enjoy mindlessly scrolling TikTok in my free time. When not elbow-deep in claims or diapers, I find therapeutic release in gardening; both lovingly tending to plants I spent far too long in selecting and viciously ripping weeds/non-native invasive species from the earth and throwing them across the yard (I’m lookin’ at you, black walnut).