Julie has a deep, lifelong passion for supporting individuals through their most challenging times as a Grief Doula, as well as proactively preparing + practicing with folks what mental wellness can look and feel like. With a specialization in grief and trauma, she has dedicated her career to providing compassionate support with evidence-based and/or culturally rooted strategies to help those of all ages and backgrounds navigate the complexities of their emotional journeys. Currently living in Detroit, Julie's personal identity and journey as an Arab American, the traumatic loss of her brother as a child along with her strong ties and love for her Detroit community led her to become the founder and director of two organizations: Weathervane Counseling & Consulting, as well as the nonprofit Got Grief House–better known as GG’s House. She is also one of the founding members of a co-operative healing organization called Motor City Mobile Wellness. Julie has served in various roles at grief support programs across the country specializing in homicide specific grief as well as general loss. She has worked as a child forensic interviewer, a school counselor for 13 years (nationally and internationally), led humanitarian efforts to build schools via the organization buildOn, and has consulted with organizations that support displaced youth in the SWANA and East African region. She currently designs and implements professional developments, retreats and therapeutic programming for adults, families and children. She also enjoys working with groups and organizations to better prepare for, identify, understand and cope with grief and trauma through a culturally responsive lens. She believes that community mental health support is a human right and continues to work toward normalizing learning about and healing through mental health on a local and global scale.