“There isn’t anyone you couldn’t love once you’ve heard their story.” This quote has been my mother’s favorite for as long as I can remember. As a social worker, my mother raised me to believe in the power of radical empathy, and in storytelling as a conduit for this act. I believe stories have the potential to move, to awaken, to inspire change in people and the world at large.

From a young age, I was called an observer; a deep thinker and feeler, troubled by the pain of the world and roused by the prospect of hope in it. I believe in the transformative power of theatre – and in nurturing a society that uplifts stories – as a means to overcome differences, change minds, and heal one another through heart-to-heart human connection. It is through a buoyant sense of play and a deep grounding in hope that I strive to tell such stories. 

Some less-substantial-but-equally-important things about me: I was named after my parents saw Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation, my favorite food is a raw oyster, I love to write and read poetry, I believe the word “myriad” has brought me immense good luck and fortune throughout my life, and I have a killer horror movie scream (manifesting).