Kris is an herbalist with over a decade of experience. He has spent countless hours researching alternative health modalities and herbs to create a unique form of healing. He founded this academy because he saw a need for more informed herbalists and home apothecaries. Kris enjoys his connection to people as they learn and is fond of teaching others. Through his own experience Kris has seen that experiential learning of herbalism is far better than rote memorization. 

Kris became interested in alternative health after being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia at the age of 24. Kris found that modern medicine was lacking in both information and treatment for the disease. Kris found herbalism through a book in a gift shop called Indian Herbology of North America by Alma Hutchens. In this book he found two herbs that helped Fibromyalgia prickly ash and meadowsweet. With the help of a Traditional Chinese Medicine specialist Kris made his first herbal formula. Once Kris started taking his tea he was amazed to find that it worked better than anything else. He had no symptoms almost immediately after drinking the tea! This led Kris to continue to research and grow as an herbalist. Now Kris is trained in Western herbalism, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Ayurvedic Medicine. Kris continues to learn to this day and shares all his knowledge with the students of the academy.