Born and raised in Houston, Kale has always been interested in how living systems heal themselves—and how that healing ripples outward into communities and ecosystems.
Her undergraduate research at the University of Colorado Boulder, exploring immunology and the gut–brain axis, foreshadowed the through-line of her career: the intricate connections between physiology, psychology, and environment.  Graduating in 2009 with a degree in Integrated Physiology, she moved back to Texas and spent two years as a research assistant at UTHSCSA, in partnership with the VA, investigating the prefrontal cortex’s role in the cognitive aspects of PTSD.

Eventually, Kale traded the lab for the studio, after a knee injury sustained while training for the Houston Marathon led her to Pialtes, she founded Houston’s only classical Pilates studio and training facility—a venture she built and has steered for eight years as CEO, and Lead Instructor. What began as a practice of physical alignment became a study in entrepreneurship, team building, and resilience. 

Her passion for healing has expanded from the individual to the ecological.  Now as a Rice University LINE Certificate Candidate (2025), Kale is using her Practicum to serve as RIPE's Associate of Strategy & Partnerships; translating her experience with the scientific method, entrepreneurship, and organizational leadership into a new chapter.  She believes that the same principles of balance and resilience present in human physiology and movement, can also guide the restoration of our food systems, soil, watersheds, and earth.

Mother of two, avid reader, climber, hiker, equestrian, permaculturalist, and lifelong lover of animals and the outdoors, Kale can be found in the garden, exploring an Independent Bookstore, or working on a weekend project with her Husband and their two kids.