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About me:

I’m bi-coastal actor, writer, and VO artist based in Los Angeles.

My award-winning short (producer/writer/actor), Walking through Peanut Butter, a dark comedy based on my experiences navigating the comedy scene of the city that never sleeps while living with narcolepsy, was a 2021 Official Selection of Geena Davis’s Bentonville Film Festival, as well as others.

I’m an Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB)-trained improviser/musical improviser who has performed comedy all over NYC and in festivals on the East Coast. A proud company member of the Story Pirates, who adapts kids’ stories into musical sketch comedy, I’ve performed on their iHeartRadio- and Webby-award-winning podcast and consulted on their first sensory friendly performances on both coasts.

Speaking of which: I co-founded and served as the founding Communications Director for Bluelaces Theatre Company, a New York City non-profit a non-profit that creates interactive, multi-sensory theatrical experiences for individuals on the autism spectrum and with other developmental differences. Bluelaces was part of Lincoln Center’s 2019-2020 season. It’s a cool org. Check it out.

… Amongst other things :)

A Midwesterner at heart, I’m a Northwestern University alum who is passionate about sleep health, disability and mental health advocacy, and ice cream.