From parents that served their communities in the medical and social service fields, Franci was meant to follow her purpose as a clinician and community advocate. Originally venturing from Connecticut in 2011, Franci had no idea that Kauai would embrace her so beautifully as a permanent resident where she has been able to develop her skills as a mental health practitioner, amateur boxer and coach, training workshop facilitator, and creative community activist and organizer.

Building her private practice as a licensed clinician, Franci is well versed in emotional and identity development with adolescents, suicide prevention, behavioral modification, family therapy, and healing in intergenerational trauma. However, her true heart work has always been to work with the communities she is rooted in through various modalities especially art and education in what ultimately makes her bad ass.