Welcome to my corner of Beyonce’s internet!
I was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Go Pack Go!) and left the frozen tundra to pursue my dream of becoming a doctor at Fisk University in Nashville, TN. I chose Fisk because of its rich history of perseverance, excellence and incredible alumni such as WEB DuBois, Nikki Giovonni and John Lewis.
After graduating from Fisk, I left Music City for even warmer temps and I obtained my Master of Public Health from the University of Florida (Go Gators!) During a global health program in Quito, Ecuador, I discovered emergency medicine and I haven’t looked back.
In 2014, I earned my Doctorate of Medicine from Ross University School of Medicine and graduated as a member of the first class of emergency medicine residents at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
After finishing residency in 2018…I asked myself, “what’s next?”. After years of pursuing (and now achieving!) my dream to become a doctor, I missed my creative side. So I allowed myself to play, explore and enjoy.
Becoming an Author
And play I did! I wrote It’s an Emergency! Understanding the What, How and Why of Your ER Visit and co-authored and visionary of Still MD!: Two Physicans’ Advice for International Medical Graduates and The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 2.
My 15 Minutes of TV Fame
I also accomplished my dream of being on international TV and was on an episode of House Hunters (“Sister Doesn’t Know Best in San Antonio”) and Untold Stories of the ER (Season 13 “Heart Stings”). Isn’t that House Hunter episode title shady? LOL
Then came 2020.
All of my creative endeavors stopped, and I was focused on clinical work and all of the uncertainty that it brought. I also started driving for hours to cover shifts rural hospitals, feeling heaviness and fear for my own health and those of my patients and felt alone and burned to a crisp.
Creating Cozy Spaces for Medical Professionals
The only place I felt healed is my own home, but of course, I couldn’t take my home with me. I decided to create homes away from home for other travel nurses and docs who may also be burned out and need the space to heal themselves. I founded Sherwood Properties, LLC, a company that provides furnished rentals for traveling medical professionals. Today, we welcome you to one of our 5 signature, highly-rated stays.
My biggest accomplishment is being able to turn my burnout and depression from a career that I love into a business that is a place of restoration and relaxation for other healers who need healing. Most importantly, it helped me to heal myself. By following my heart, intuition, and mission, Sherwood Properties has generated over 6 figures in revenue, in 19 months.
On a regular day, you can find me either on a locums assignment, growing Sherwood Properties, or coaching and mentoring other doctors who want to beat the burnout of clinical medicine and grow their own empire outside of the hospital.
Tidbits About Me
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✨ I’m a Pisces Sun ☼, Aries Moon ☾, and Libra Rising ↑
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✨ I do my best work from the bed
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✨ Before I settled on Emergency Medicine, I wanted to do: OBGYN, Forensic Pathology, Cardiothoracic Surgery and/or Cardiology
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✨ I got voted “Most Brutally Honest” in high school
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✨ My company is named after my grandfather, Sherwood Brown