Meet the Team

Monica has over a decade of experience in the corporate world, helping build up tech start-ups dedicated to enhancing safety and remediation in the network security sector. Over the years, she developed and managed Human Resources and employee programs, nourished cultures by fostering an atmosphere of communication, humor and respect, and directed marketing initiatives and events. Additionally, Monica spent many years serving the adolescent population by coaching competetive swim teams and holding youth counselor roles. Along the way, she earned an EMT license and 200 YTT Yoga Therapy certification, along with her B.A. in Literature from Brigham Young University. In 2013, she made the bold choice to work full-time on bringing HOYH to all women looking to belong and further their wholehearted journey. She is a writer, artist, musician, introverted traveler, voracious reader, and outdoors enthusiast. She lives in Texas with her sexy-bearded husband Nicholas, lil' mancub sons Jack and Kai, and an alarming number of decorative pillows. Beyond her penchant for interior decorating, Monica has the gift of intuitive guidance in the art of the healing nature of Heartwork™. She is a visionary when it comes to empowering women, leads by example with an abiding reliance on vulnerability, and has been the courageous spark and driving force behind HOYH.

Brittany Johansen has over a decade of demonstrable success leading mission driven teams for nonprofit organizations. Early in her career she was a motivational and educational speaker and then moved into the mental health field where she provided behavioral modification, crisis intervention, and permanency planning to foster youth. Quickly making her way into leadership positions, she has since served startup initiatives with women focused missions including Jeremiah Program Austin, EQUALS, and now HOYH. Brittany believes wholeheartedly in the practice of strength-based intervention and leadership, using the character and fortitude of the populations she serves to assist in goal achievement. She brings to HOYH's leadership competency serving diverse populations, efficacy in budget and fiscal responsibility, and effective strategies for leading united, driven teams. She is the oxygen that fuels HOYH's fire serving the organization's mission through a daily commitment and practice of her own Heartwork™, consistently empowering women to do the same. Brittany graduated from Adelphi University with degrees in Sociology and Criminal Justice. Queen B currently lives in Nevada with her greatest loves: her smarty pants hunny Matt, their baby Addison, and fur giants Kona and Lola.

Jennifer is a licensed Registered Sales Associate for Morgan Stanley, serving accounts with a team of brokers and interpreting financial patterns and trends. Previously, Jennifer worked as a social worker in several capacities – from the county detention center, mental health hospital units, and Catholic Social Services. She also worked with the Division of Family Services directing a domestic violence shelter, and assisted in child abuse investigations with DCFS. Jennifer holds a Masters Degree in Social Work from New Mexico Highlands University, and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Utah. When this busy single mother has time, Jen can be found hiking or running the trails and roads all over her home state of Utah, and is a very vocal supporter (in a surprisingly loud New Jersey accent, no less) at the endless sports and other activities of her four busy children. One of the many gifts Jennifer brings to the team lies in her unassuming ability to intervene gently in the lives of the women we serve. Powefully, she encourages self-healing in one of the most frightening forms of abuse there is: the abuse of the self. She is the grounding force behind HOYH and deftly carries the truth of who we are and what we stand for.

Katrina boasts the unique life experience of being a whitewater river guide for many years on the Snake River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Out of the water, Katrina is a Paraprofessional and Music Integration Specialist for Bi-County Collaborative, which helps students who face learning challenges in a traditional educational setting achieve success. Previously, she was the President of the Student Music Therapy Association at Utah State, where she executed the CAPSA funded production “Finding Voice,” to bring awareness and voice to domestic abuse victims. She also interned at Bethany Children’s Home in Reading, PA working with co-ed adolescents dealing with domestic violence, and other various challenges, disorders and conditions. She is set to receive Board Certification for her B.S. Degree in Music Therapy from Utah State University in the next year. Katrina is HOYH’s Amazon Woman, forging the way with tenacity, brazen honesty, sincere vulnerability and a no-nonsense attitude. One of her gifts is the raw emotion she digs deep to share, and it’s often her offering that can be felt by those most hurting. She is our red-haired mermaid and lives in Hawaii with her sparky husband Luis and their fur babies Max and Cosmo.