Bio

I was born and raised in Detroit, MI, where I began my studies in Fine Art at Wayne State University. In my second year I abandoned my studies in visual Art to pursue dance. While in school I performed with the Wayne State University Dance Company, Nonce Dance Ensemble, and The Detroit Dance Collective. I also had the great opportunity to perform in Aretha Franklin’s first music video, “FREEWAY of LOVE”. Just short of graduating I took a position with HARBINGER Dance Company. After a year with HARBINGER I was encouraged to move to NYC to continue my dance career. There I performed with Laurie Spivack at Imago Arts, Andrew Jannetti & Dancers, and Risa Jaraslow & Dancers. After a knee injury I followed love to a vineyard in the foothills of Adelaide, South Australia.  Upon returning to the states, I lived in Seattle, WA, which led to work on a fishing boat in the Bering Sea. After a year and a half I returned to NYC, where I ran a successful restaurant in the West Village, dabbled a bit into visual merchandising and prop styling, and took my first painting classes at Parsons. In 2012 I returned to Detroit and reconnected with my studies in visual Art at Wayne State University, where I was introduced to photography. Since 2013 I have been creating and showing paintings and photographs. I am currently in pursuit of a degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography This is a portfolio of my work. Thanks for checking it out.