Charlotte-based artist and arts-educator with a background in printmaking and ceramics. Raised by two local artists, I grew up surrounded by community studios and creative spaces that shaped my love for process-based art and hands-on learning. I earned my BFA in Printmaking from East Carolina University in 2025. Since the age of 16, I’ve spent each summer teaching ceramics to children, hoping to pass on the same love for creativity that shaped me. After earning my BFA in Printmaking from East Carolina University, I’ve expanded my teaching practice to include print-based techniques, fostering hands-on exploration and visual storytelling. I’m excited to continue sharing my skills and enthusiasm through collaborative teaching and community-centered programming.

My recent work explores the tensions between the body and mind through our everyday interactions with objects like clothing, food, numbers, and the spaces we inhabit. I use printmaking techniques such as soft ground etching and blind embossments,to incorporate repurposed fabrics and personal materials into my compositions. These methods allow me to embed textures from garments that once held emotional weight, especially clothing that no longer fits. Instead of letting those clothes sit around, reminding me of a smaller body I no longer have, I use soft ground etching to recontextualize these objects. What once symbolized discomfort is transformed into layered narratives of healing and reclamation.These techniques have become a way to metabolize past experiences by turning fragments of my former self into tactile expressions of change. Influenced by my own recovery journey from an eating disorder, my work meditates on isolation, transformation, and the slow, nonlinear path of reconnecting with one’s body. Each piece is a quiet attempt at self-understanding—an invitation to see vulnerability not as weakness, but as a source of strength and renewal.