08/01/2026
This is why I started Kā9 Mold Detection NWF.
I have never publicly shared our full story like this.
For years, I have carried so much embarrassment over what happened to us. Losing the ability to be the person I once was is a feeling I cannot fully explain.
We lost everything we owned.
We lost our home.
We lost our health.
Then I lost my career and our health insuranceāall while our health continued to decline.
After 17 years of building a successful career, I believe I was wrongfully terminated by Align Technologyāthe Fortune 500 company behind Invisalignāwhile I was on approved ADA medical leave.
The disability insurance benefits provided through my employer stopped after my first payment. New York Life even documented that a denial letter had been sent in error, yet the decision was never corrected.
I begged both companies to help us.
Nobody cared.
Even after rebuilding our lives once, I found myself in another devastating financial spiral. I lost the career I had worked my entire adult life to buildāand everything I had worked so hard to provide for my daughter.
Then came the legal nightmare.
For five years, the attorneys I trusted failed to properly present critical evidence, prepare our case for trial, or retain the expert witnesses needed to prove what happened to us. While our lives continued falling apart, the clock kept running.
Now, the statute of limitations has expired.
And somehow, it gets even more unbelievable.
The homeownersā insurance company remained hidden behind the homeownersā attorneys for years. Now, after allowing this claim to sit unresolved, they are attempting to collect approximately $17,000 in court costs from meāeven though the insurance company is not listed as a party in the case.
The matter is still sitting in Walton County, waiting for a judge to decide whether I must pay the homeownerāand the insurance company that has been operating behind the scenes.
The very people and companies I hold responsible for taking so much from us now want me to pay them.
They cost us our health, our belongings, our financial security, and hundreds of thousands of dollars. They took away my ability to be the mother I had always been and the mother my daughter deserved.
And now they want money from me.
How FU**ED up is that?
Sometimes I still think, āThis cannot be real.ā This nightmare is so outrageous that it sounds impossible to fabricate.
But this is our reality.
In 2018, my daughter and I moved to the beach believing we were beginning one of the happiest chapters of our lives. We were healthy, vibrant, and excited. We celebrated our new home, my new career territory, and everything we believed was ahead of us.
Then we discovered visible mold inside the ductwork.
That discovery marked the beginning of a devastating decline in our healthāand a journey that changed our lives forever.
This is not just a story about mold.
This is the reason I created Kā9 Mold Detection NWF. It is why Raven and I now help families search for what may be hidden inside their homes.
I cannot change what happened to us.
But I can use everything we survived to help protect another family before they lose their health, their belongings, their financial security, or the life they once knew.
For the first time, I am sharing our story.
This is why Raven and I do what we do. š