I grew up on both coasts of the United States. Early years in the San Francisco Bay area of California, teenage years in Southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I’ve been a performer all of my life.

When the time came to go to college, I knew I wanted to be a professional actor, but thought that sounded very irresponsible. I tried to major in theater education instead. Fortunately, I was awarded a scholarship to pursue my major in Musical Theater at the University of Tampa, and I’ve been a professional ever since.

I fell in love with “the craft” as they say, and eventually attended the Eugene O’Neill Center’s National Theater Institute. I moved to New York City in 2010, and after a few years of working with Classic Stage Company and a Shakespeare theater troupe called Tale Told Productions, I found myself at the prestigious MFA Acting Program at Columbia University. There I worked with some of the greats: Kristin Linklater, Ann Bogart, Andrei Serban, and others. I graduated with my terminal degree in 2016.