Educator, Researcher and Creator. Dedicated to creating community-centered initiatives that seek to tackle our current social and political divides.
As an educator, researcher, and creator with a passion for community-centered work, my mission is to create opportunities that invite, entertain, and challenge communities in meaningful, change-inspiring dialogue. Positioning all my work predominantly in storytelling, I believe all stories should, in some capacity, seek to shed light on the experiences we would prefer to banish to dark corners. By telling stories that shine light on the darkness of our world, we discover pathways that lead to acceptance and understanding and create a beacon of hope for those whose experiences it illuminates. As such, I seek to develop arts-based research opportunities that investigate and cultivate informed, action-driven empathy that is responsive to the unique nature of an individual community.
Career Highlights
— Founder and Executive Artistic Director of the online education and theatre consulting company, RE:THEATRE, providing 100’s of hours of professional development opportunities for community-based arts educators and practitioners focused on implementable strategies to create equitable, inclusive, and sustainable programs.
— Featured Presentor and Workshop Faciltiator at 10+ conferences including: the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) National Conferences, American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) National Conference, and the International Thespian Festival.
— Co-Creator of the Creative Co-Operative, a corporate storytelling initiative for high profile companies across the globe created by Edelmen PR and Intiman Theatre.
— 5+ years consulting with theatres and schools in non-metropolitan communities across the US to create equitable access to arts education and support artistic opportunities that explore complex issues impacting their community.
— Graduate studies thesis, CONFRONTING A VOCABULARY OF FEAR: The Impact of the Politicization of the words Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity in Non-Metropolitan Communities, featured in NYU’s 2022 Research and Scholarship Showcase.
My CV
I’ve held a variety of careers ranging from classroom educator, non-profit administration, arts-based researcher, podcast producer to tech recruiting with Microsoft. This diverse background of experiences uniquely positions me to tackle complex problems in flexible, innovative ways across a variety of professional spaces. Regardless of where and with whom I’m working, my top priority is to find ways to best support those directly impacted, and cultivate meaningful change that brings people into better understanding of one another.
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Artistic and Research Philosophy
Graduate Studies Thesis- Confronting a Vocabulary of Fear: The Impact of the Politicization of the words Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity in Non-Metropolitan Communities.
Consulting Company- RE:THEATRE