I grew up in Colorado Springs, CO where I spent hours playing make believe in the backyard. That habit later evolved into an abiding love of the outdoors, and a passion for telling other people's stories. In 7th grade, I made my acting debut as The Smartest Woman in the Kingdom, a career high I've been chasing ever since. From there, I continued to act with my high school, and with regional theatres like the Fine Arts Center. 

   In 2015, I left my beloved Colorado behind in search of new experiences and higher education at the University of Alabama. I'm pleased to report that I found both, along with a slew of mentors, friends, roles, and opportunities. I graduated in 2019, Summa Cum Laude with a double major in Theatre and Economics and completed my MS in Finance in 2020 (boy, that's a long story). 

   I count my summer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival as one of the pivotal moments in my artistic life. Working as an acting apprentice, I experienced both exhilaration and exhaustion in previously unknown quantities. I look forward to more chances to keep pushing those boundaries for myself in my professional life, but when I'm not in a theatre, I can also be found hiking, reading fantasy, baking, or drinking coffee for both medicinal and recreational purposes.

   If you've made it this far, allow me to commend you, and leave you with some words from my icon, Katharine Hepburn. I have always considered acting to be first and foremost an act of love, and I think she said it best: "Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."