My love of storytelling goes back as far as I can remember – but I think I realized how much it truly meant to me when I won the coveted role of Mayella Ewell in my 11th grade English class’ dramatic classroom reading of the courtroom scene from To Kill a Mockingbird. Suffice it to say, I took it way too seriously for something that was technically neither a “performance” nor even an official assignment. (There was character research… there was a meticulously practiced Alabama dialect… there was a full costume that nobody asked for…)

Cut to today: I am an Equity actress, singer, writer and collaborator who has been proud to call New York City home for the past 10+ years.

I recently earned my MFA in Acting from Florida Atlantic University, and have now returned to live in NYC full time (with local housing available to me in both South Florida and Northern California in addition to the NY Tri-State area).

In New York, I have studied the Meisner Technique with James Brill at the Neighborhood Playhouse; Acting for the Camera with Amy Russ (MN Studios) and Maury Ginsburg; Improvisation at the Magnet Theatre and Upright Citizens Brigade; and Voice (Singing) with Matthew Lee Robinson. As part of my MFA, I received training in dialects/accents ranging from Northern Irish to German to British (RP, general London, and Cockney), and others. I also received training in Voice Over acting with Karen-Eileen Gordon and Paul Liberti.

I am SAFD certified with a recommended pass in Unarmed stage combat, with additional training and extensive experience in Broadsword, “Single Sword”, and Rapier and Dagger. I am also a strong mover (as they say in the Musical Theatre world) with training in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Modern, and Irish Step Dance.

I am classically trained in Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen, Commedia dell’arte and Restoration comedy, with a particular passion for (and considerable experience in!) farce and physical comedy.

Beyond my training, I have substantial experience acting professionally onstage – some favorite past roles include Varya in The Cherry Orchard, Lysistrata/Myrrhine in Lysistrata, and Clytemnestra in a new translation of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. Recent professional on-camera credits include a supporting lead role in a branded web content commercial with Monarch Kaleidoscope and a supporting role in the Investigation Discovery/HBO Max series Evil Lives Here.

Throughout both my training and my professional career, I have consistently been told that I am “the person everyone wants on their team”, and that I am a consummate professional whom directors would gladly hire again.

As a writer, I have several exciting projects in the works in addition to my existing portfolio of self-produced and unproduced sketches and web series (several of which can be found on Youtube). My first original play, Gamma Delta Nasty, premiered as part of New York Theatre Festival’s Winterfest in 2018; my second, Donner: An American Musical Tragedy, co-written with my friend and FAU colleague Joel Rodriguez, had its premiere reading as part of Theatre Lab FAU’s inaugural Owl New Play Festival in 2025.

I am passionate about the power of collaborative art to change human lives for the better – and also about world travel, cinnamon rolls, my family and chosen family, my cats, and the San Francisco Giants.

Absolutely everything I do is screaming: ‘You are not alone. Also, I love you! That’s right: I love you. Deal with it, dude!’ (I’m originally from California, so my inner monologue frequently addresses people as ‘dude’.)

I believe that we ALL contain worlds inside of us – endless possibilities for the person we might be or become at any given moment. I am specifically interested in exploring as many of the worlds inside of me as I can, boldly and truthfully, in depth and with presence in each and every moment that I encounter.

And – because I so utterly love humanity* – I typically prefer to explore the worlds inside of me while connecting with fellow collaborators interested in exploring the worlds inside of them as well.

Sincerity is my superpower.

Oh – I also like to have a good time! Catch me spreading (wholesome) mischief onstage/onscreen/offscreen/backstage/at-a-food-court-in-a-mall-near-you. 🫶

*meaning both my fellow human beings, and the complex and wildly variable nature of the human condition itself