Abby has served as a Campus Minister for the IFI Columbus Team since 2014 after she finished her Master of Christian Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She also worked as the Returnee Ministry Coordinator since 2017. Since 2024, Abby started to work for the Staff care team, meanwhile also serves as a campus minister.

Abby has long felt a burden for international students. Welcoming students through hospitality and sharing God’s love with them aligned with her own values. Abby has the gifts of  teaching, mentorship and healing. And she has been humbled to see the ways through which the Lord has used her to reach students. She has watched Jesus transform the lives of students who go on to become influential in their own spheres of influence.

Graduated as Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Ashland University May 2023, Abby wants to use her counseling skills to serve the campus ministry staff of IFI. She wants to see the staff to be listened to, cared for and thrive in their relationship with God and in their service to students.