About

From a young age, I was drawn to the magical in everyday life. I became fascinated by how perception can shift experience, and how attention itself can transform something ordinary into something luminous. My creative work is rooted in this practice of close observation and care, noticing the small details, gestures, and moments that often go unseen yet carry emotional weight and narrative possibility.

I have always experienced the world through visual, musical, and kinesthetic languages. As a child, I spent hours dancing in my room, curating music by emotional tone and texture, tracing patterns in sidewalks with chalk, and studying the cinematic worlds of film. These early experiences shaped how I understand storytelling today, as something embodied, rhythmic, and deeply sensory.

I grew up in a family of artists, including silent film musicians, filmmakers, ad draftsmen, and radio producers. From them I learned to pay attention to composition, timing, sound, and silence, and to understand how these elements shape meaning. That foundation continues to inform my work in photography and video, where I explore the intersection of everyday life and cinematic perception.

I studied Communication Arts with a focus in Radio, Television, and Film, as well as Art History with a concentration in the history of photography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I worked as a radio DJ at WSUM 91.7 FM and later programmed music nationally for SiriusXM, developing a strong understanding of narrative through sound, pacing, and emotional arc.

My path later expanded into graduate training in Marriage and Family Therapy and Dance/Movement Therapy, where I became deeply interested in how creative expression supports identity development, emotional insight, and connection. This work strengthened my commitment to teaching and mentorship, particularly in how visual storytelling can become a tool for reflection, agency, and voice.

In my clinical work, including at the Expressive Therapy Center in Maryland, I worked with adolescents and young adults using photography, movement, music, and narrative practices to support self-understanding and emotional regulation. I witnessed how transformative it can be when young people are invited not only to be seen, but to actively shape how they are seen and how they tell their own stories.

I currently serve as a staff clinician at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where I continue to integrate visual media, self-portraiture, music, and movement-based storytelling into my work with college students. This informs my broader interest in education as a creative and relational process, one that supports students in developing both technical skill and personal voice.

My artistic practice includes black and white and color photography, experimental video, and movement-based exploration. I often work with archival materials, found objects, and everyday textures, building layered visual narratives that explore embodiment, memory, and emotional experience. Across all of my work, I am interested in how creative practice can help people not only express themselves, but also discover new ways of seeing.