Dr. Breanne Hiivala Cahoy

Dr. Breanne Hiivala Cahoy (she/her) is a counseling faculty member at a Prescott College. She is a licensed professional counselor, a certified rehabilitation counselor, and a consultant specializing in ecowellness-based career development. Her previous roles included assistant director of career development at a large public university, career counselor at a mid-sized public university, employee assistance program (EAP) solutions coordinator, and sexual assault victims’ advocate within a university gender violence prevention program. In recent years, she has partnered with a wildlife biologist to develop workplace health and wellbeing programs for professionals in conservation, mental health, education, and the corporate sector. Passionate about social justice, she was honored with the Women of Courage and Vision award by the President’s Commission on the Status of Women at Minnesota State University for team research on structural discrimination in hiring practices in higher education. Her primary research interests include work-life wellbeing and reciprocal nature based healing. Bre loves traveling and being outdoors. When she’s not in the classroom, you’ll usually find her with her family enjoying a walk, a good book, or a game of fetch with their Labrador Retriever, Lemon.