With a background in social work, I was taught the importance of resilience, emotional regulation in high-intensity situations, and fighting uphill battles. I always had a passion for complex problems. In the suburbs of Jersey, without a budget for film, and hard to get butts in seats for straight plays, I taught myself to sing and dance to have the chance to do body transformations for unpaid roles. I did my first film while training Uta Hagen and Meisner techniques at NYU, and continued my studies with Claire Karpen at Juilliard. I've now acted in countless films, plays, and musicals, written my own films and plays, directed, produced, etc. It's all deepened my connection to the intricacies of this art form. Every day, I am one step closer to connecting with that little boy who was too scared to sing in his middle school’s chorus concert, but was so inspired that he looked up a WikiHow on how to get into acting.