My love for photography and film feels inherited — my dad has been a photographer since he was a kid, so cameras were always around when I was growing up. I took my first photo class in high school, fell in love with the darkroom, and spent two years fully immersed in that world.

By my senior year of college, as I was finishing my business degree, I found myself craving that creative spark again. I took a film photography class, was gifted my first Minolta SRT-201, and haven’t put it down since.

Over the years, film has become a more intimate part of my practice. I use it to document my art, tell deeper stories, and capture the energy of community — like at my first curated group show, where I handed out film cameras for the audience to photograph the night themselves.

I’m drawn to film for its honesty and unpredictability. Every shot asks for intention, patience, and trust in what you can’t fully control. It continues to shape my painting practice too — I often paint my own imagery and explore how stillness and emotion translate between mediums.

In 2025, I hosted my first mixed-media showcase, iloveyou..., pairing my film work with paintings, and had my first photography-only exhibit with NYC collective NOMAD. Both felt like full-circle moments — reminders of how storytelling continues to evolve through every frame.