In 2014 I graduated from the University of North Carolina Wilmington with a Bachelor of Art in Film Studies. While there I critically studied film and explored film production directing three short documentaries, including NC Powerhouse and A Heart to Change. After graduation I worked at a non-profit that specialized in bringing free arts programming to underserved youth as the program coordinator and a photography teacher. I also volunteered with a Wilmington based film festival, Cucalorus. In 2017 I was selected to create a short film during the week of the festival, Well Made Made Here. In 2019 I worked as Box Office Coordinator for the 25th anniversary year of the festival. In 2020 I videoed the events of the first week of the protest summer in Wilmington, which led to the creation of Progress at a Protest.  

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In July 2020 I took a leap of faith and relocated to California. My family drove an RV across country visiting state parks and historic landmarks along the way. We spent a year in Anaheim staring at Disneyland waiting for the day it would open. We moved to LA county in 2021 and in 2022 I went to work as a photographer at the happiest place on earth!