A Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor, Keene brings experience in clinical mental health, performance psychology, and student-athlete support. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of Mental Health & Performance with the University of Central Florida Athletics Association, where she provides counseling, performance support, crisis intervention, and care coordination for student-athletes navigating high expectations, identity development, and performance-related pressures. Prior to arriving in Orlando, Keene spent nearly two years as the Behavioral Health Case Manager for Tulane University Athletics, where she provided direct care, crisis response, case coordination, and mental wellness programming for 450+ Division I student-athletes, leading initiatives to enhance treatment approaches through data-driven insights. Keene has worked across multiple levels of behavioral health care, including private practice and as the Intensive Outpatient Program Director at Palmetto Addiction Recovery Center in Metairie, Louisiana. There, she specialized in treating substance use and addiction among individuals in high-stress professions—including physicians, nurses, attorneys, and dietitians—using a performance-informed, recovery-based lens. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and raised in Oakland, California, Keene relocated to New Orleans in 2014 to attend Dillard University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in public health in 2018. She later earned her master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Loyola University New Orleans in 2022.