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 Education:

Doctoral Student in Dance Education at Teacher’s College, Columbia University (Present)
MFA in Dance Candidate at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (2020)
BFA Contemporary Dance Performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2015) 

Performance Experience:
2023:
“mememormee” by Dr. Mariel Pettee, Amherst College
2022:
“DIP” by Ori Flomin, Dance in Process Residency, Gibney Dance
”Blue Morph Collective”, Mark Morris Dance Center
2021-Present: “Bottom of the Ocean (BOTO)” by HouseWorld Productions, NYC
2021: “Elle S’envoie/ She Sends Herself” by Linked Dance Theatre, Virtual Experience
2020:
“Curvy Journey” by Betsy Coker, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
“Invisible People” by Austin Coats, NYU
“Rewind/ Unwind: Boxed Edition” by Ori Flomin
2019: “Together, together” by Ori Flomin at the ICA Awards at Jazz at Lincoln Center
“Remembrance” by Linked Dance Theatre (an Immersive Theatre Dance Co.)
2018: “Under the Whale” by Jim Martin at NYU Tisch Dance
“Beloved/ Departed” with Linked Dance Theatre
“Occupied Spaces” by Melder Movement Art
2017: “A Study of Occupied Spaces” Melder Movement Art, Gallim Studios
 Awakening Movement, Spring Concert, AFAC (Actors Fund Art Center)
2016: Awakening Movement Fall Concert, AFAC
“Requiem for Mr. B”, dancer and co-choreographer with John Selya
“Please” by Aaron McGloin Dance Company, New York Live Arts
2015: “Smile on ‘Em” by Nicolas Rodrigues, Lincoln Center Education
“Cloudless” by Hannah Smith, Awakening Movement NYC
“No Name” by Ming Lung Yang, UNCSA
2014: “Moonlight Parade” by Helen Simoneau, UNCSA
“Marimba” by Lar Lubovitch, staged by Kate Skarpetowska, ADF
“Uno Duo” by Ohad Naharin, staged by Tom Weinberger, ADF
“Minevent” by Merce Cunningham, staged by Andrea Weber, UNCSA
“Rite of Spring” by Shen Wei, UNCSA
“Concerto” by Lucinda Childs,UNCSA
2013: “Story time” by Ian Spencer Bell, UNCSA
“The Palpable Space Between,” by Kimberly Bartosik, UNCSA
“Story” by Merce Cunningham staged by Daniel Squires. City Center, New York, N.Y.
“Rite of Spring,” by Shen Wei, UNCSA
2012:“Loosestrife” by Merce Cunningham, staged by Patricia Lent, UNCSA 

Choreography:
2023:
“Sister” American Dance College Association, Mercyhurst University
“La Traviata” City Lyric Opera, NYC
2022
: “Flightning” FIT Dance Company, Haft Theater, NYC
“Self-Hatred to Love”, Mark Morris Dance Center, NYC
“OASIS” The Salvation Army Creative Arts Service Team
2021: “stagnant” NACHMO Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2020:
“juvenescence” Second Ave Dance Company, Tisch School of the Arts
“Of Zion” Masters Performance Workshop, Tisch School of the Arts
2019: “Remembrance” Linked Dance Theatre, NYC
 “Noirtown” an Immersive Theatre Play, Rave Festival NYC
“The Promise” NYU Tisch School of the Arts
2018: “s(he), (he)r, fe(male)” NYU Tisch School of the Arts
“Beloved/ Departed” in collaboration with Linked Dance Theatre
2017: “Pillars” Actors Fund Art Center, Brooklyn, NY.
2016: “Holy Sounds from Dirty Mouths”, AFAC, Brooklyn, NY.
2015: “eleven:eleven” Pluck Project, UNCSA.
2014: “Taught by Battles Told” Emerging Choreographers, UNCSA. 

Teaching:
2023-2024:
CUNY Queens College- Visiting Assitant Professor of Dance
2022- Present: New York City Ballet Education- Teaching Artist
Alvin Ailey Arts in Education- Teaching Artist
SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology- Dance Company Direction
2021:
Creative Arts Studio, Brooklyn, NY
-Modern and Hip-hop Dance Instructor
2020: Future Dancers and Dance Makers
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
2019: Salvation Army South America West Territory, Santiago, Chile
2018 and 2019: Salvation Army Central Territory Music and Arts Institute, Chicago, IL
2018 and 2019: Salvation Army Southern Territory Music and Arts Institute, Nashville, TN and Dallas, TX
2018: Kerry’s Dance Academy, Poughkeepsie, NY
2017-2018: Children’s Museum of Manhattan NY, NY, Childhood Educator
2017-2018: Salvation Army Times Square Theatre 315- Youth Coordinator and Dance Teacher NY,NY
2016-2018: Salvation Army of New York City: Divisional Creative Arts Leader
2016 June and 2015 Aug-Sept: Twyla Tharp Dance Company- Rehearsal Assistant, NY,NY
2015-2016: Pure Movement Dance Center- Dance Educator, Allendale, NJ
2015-2016: Redeemer Presbyterian Church Children’s Ministry, NY, NY
2015: University of North Carolina School of the Arts- Summer Intensive Resident Counselor, Winston-Salem, NC
2014-2015: UNCSA Preparatory Dance Program, Contemporary Dance Teacher

Festivals Attended:
2014:
The American Dance Festival
2013: Merce Cunningham Workshop at City Center, N.Y., N.Y.
2011: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Summer Intensive 

Special Skills:
Qlab, Adobe premiere, Microsoft Suites, Google Suites, Zoom, Mailchimp, Canva, dance education, working with children, acting, and creative writing.