Thank you so much for being here! As a little girl I would spend hours dreaming up mini stories so I could illustrate each page. When finished I would draw a cover, staple the edges and admire the little book I made.

I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I knew I loved reading books and drawing and I’m thankful the two stuck with me.

I went on to receive a full athletic scholarship to play basketball at Rider University where I studied Art and Elementary Education. I then continued my studies earning my MFA from The New York Studio School where I focused on Painting.

After grad school I left NYC bouncing from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, then to Georgia while I worked as a teacher spanning over 10 years. During those years I taught elementary school, worked with children with special needs, and taught drawing and painting as an adjunct professor at Borough of Manhattan Community College and Rider University.

Throughout all those busy years, I kept journals where I’d write short poems, ideas and reflections. One cold rainy day in the historical year of 2020, when the world was flipped upside down, I finally felt brave enough to share my personal writings with others. I decided I would empty my writing journals onto instagram and add a quick illustration to the “poems”. Soon my work was discovered by art directors, editors, and agents and my career took a beautiful turn into the world of Children’s Books.

My work has evolved in so many ways since then as I continue to explore how best to bring the stories in my heart to life. But what stays true is my hope to convey the beauty and tenderness of the human experience through the details in each piece of writing and in each illustration.