First, I was a dancer. My mother signed me up for classes as soon as I could walk and I was on stage performing at 3 years old. I was also constantly putting on mini-recitals for my grandmother in my childhood living room.

Writing poetry always came naturally to me. Some of the first poems that I can remember writing were when I was in the 7th grade. My English teacher gave us snacks every Friday if we shared what we had written in our journals that week with the class. Personally, I didn’t really need the motivation, but it was certainly an added bonus.

Film photography was my favorite class freshman year of high school because I loved spending time in the darkroom and doing artsy photoshoots with my friends. The next 3 years of high school I worked almost exclusively with digital media, honing my visual storytelling skills through photography and videography.

In college I studied studio art and got to explore a much wider range of media and techniques: drawing, painting, crochet, collage, sculpture, digital media, printmaking, dance, performance, instillation, etc.

My final project was a social campaign called The Friendly Nipple which explored the unequal censorship of women’s bodies and our compulsive cultural abjection of the female body.

In 2020, I was inspired to explore more collage when I was gifted almost 100 Playboy magazines to use as art materials. You can read more about that project here.

In 2021 I began my life as a nomad, living full time on the road in my mobile tiny home. During this time I learned a printing/ photography technique called anthotyping which uses photosensitive plants and basic household ingredients to make photographic prints. I love collecting leaves wherever I go so that I can document the landscapes that I move through.

More recently, I taught myself how to make paper mache and started making a series of masks which explore the concept of self and different aspects of personality.

I have also been learning to play ukulele so I can finally put my poetry to music!

Through all these phases — from poetry to photography, printmaking to performance — my creative practice has always been about following curiosity and trusting the process. I don’t believe in sticking to one medium or staying in one lane. Art, for me, is a living thing: constantly shifting, expanding, and reflecting the many versions of myself I meet along the way. And I’m so grateful to share that unfolding journey with you.