I AM AN AWARD-WINNING MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLER CURRENTLY BASED IN Barcelona, Spain. MY WORK SEEKS TO ESTABLISH POINTS OF HUMAN CONNECTION WHILE CHALLENGING VIEWERS TO LOOK BEYOND STEREOTYPICAL ASSUMPTIONS. WHEN I BEGIN TO SCULPT A STORY, I’M MOST INTERESTED IN CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR COLLABORATION WHERE SUBJECTS CAN EXPRESS HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE PERCEIVED AND WHAT THAT MEANS.

MY WORK’S AESTHETIC POSSESSES AN ORGANIC INTIMACY ACHIEVED THROUGH CONVERSATION AND MUTUAL CONFIDING AND IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON DEVELOPING AWARENESS AND ACCESS. I BELIEVE ASKING QUESTIONS REGARDING MOTIVATION AND PERSONAL CONNECTIONS TO A PLACE OR PERSON IS ESSENTIAL IN CREATING A MEANINGFUL PORTRAIT.

I’VE BEEN AN INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MOST OF MY LIFE. THE PAST 15-YEARS, MY WORK HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON EXPLORING CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND INTIMACY. THE LGBTQ EXPERIENCES OF MY COMMUNITY IS THE MAIN INSPIRATION OF MY WORK. 

BORN IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, I EARNED A B.F.A. FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO IN 2010.

I RECEIVED THE FULBRIGHT-NEHRU INDIA RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP TO DO A SERIES FOCUSING ON THE LIVES OF WOMEN TAKING CHARGE OF THEIR OWN FINANCES VIA MICRO-LOANS IN RURAL DISTRICTS OF WEST BENGAL; THE PROJECT WAS EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT KOLKATA.

IN 2013, MY WORK “CHANGING TIDES IN KEY WEST”, A DOCUMENTARY ON THE DIVERSE AND CONTRADICTORY LIFESTYLES FOUND ON THE ISLAND, CULMINATED IN A SOLO EXHIBITION AT STUDIOS OF KEY WEST, AND SELECTED PIECES WERE EXHIBITED AT ART BASEL MIAMI. 

IN 2016 I WAS THE RECIPIENT OF PDN’S BEST STUDENT PHOTO AWARD AND THE KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARD. IN 2017 I RECEIVED A MASTERS IN NEW MEDIA PHOTOJOURNALISM FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

2018 - 2020, I PUBLISHED AND EXHIBITED:

“THIS IS QUARANTINE”: A TIME CAPSULE CAPTURING 150 PORTRAITS of different quarantine experiences from individuals around the world. Photos were shot remotely via zoom from my home in Costa Rica during COVID-19.

 “A SERPENTS VOICE”: A MULTIMEDIA PHOTO SERIES OF QUEER WOMEN’S EXPERIENCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

“TEXAS DOULA’S”: A PHOTO SERIES HIGHLIGHTING THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF DOULAS IN THE SOUTH.   

“ALL THAT BREAKS”: A COMMISSIONED WORK BY A SOUTH AFRICAN NGO TO WORK WITH 10 XHOSA WOMEN TRANSITIONING OUT OF A LIFE OF SEX WORK.

“YOUR WAY BACK TO ME”: A FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A TWO SPIRIT WOMAN RETURNING HOME TO CONNECT TO HER NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FATHER.