“There’s something so powerful about being able to explore how I see the world around me and share those stories with the world.”I grew up on the stage stepping into roles in musicals and straight plays that others have written, playing the significant other in ballets with dance companies throughout the North Eastern United States, and designing (lights and sets) for several productions as well. After an injury, and a self-examination, I left the theatre to pursue corporate jobs. I landed in account management at advertising firms before realising in my 20’s that I had to pursue the creative. Upon returning, I spent 17 years as a successful fashion photographer which allowed me to study people and relationships. With an intense need to tell my own stories, I began writing, producing and directing for film and returned to designing lights for several theatre companies in New York and Connecticut. I now sit in a foreign city, Dublin, exploring my passion for the art of live theatre where I have completed a MFA in Theatre Directing at The Lir, National Academy of Dramatic Art, Trinity College Dublin. Just prior, I spent two years in London, exploring my passion for writing, being a flâneur of sorts, while working on a MA in Creative Writing (Playwriting and Screenwriting) at City, University of London, which I completed with Merit.My varied experience in theatre, film and photography has all been the backstory for my latest pursuit of capturing real people in socially relevant stories with a passion for looking in on the lives of those not talked about, the situations that are hard to talk about, and the relationships that can’t be talked about. As a theatremaker and as a maker of media, I believe I have a responsibility to open people’s eyes to worlds that they have never been introduced to.