Born and raised New Yorker
I grew up in Hells Kitchen surrounded by actors and artists. I started doing musical theater when I was 10 years old before moving toward straight theater when I got into LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts. I decided to stay in NYC for college so I could be close to home and continue to grow into the city I love so much. At NYU, I experienced a whole new side of New York. I fell in love with Lower Manhattan and deepened my roots here. Being from NYC is central to my artistic practice and identity.
Book Corner
My GoodReads says more about me than my Instagram. Here's are a few of my favorites:
Player Piano
By Kurt Vonnegut. Set in a dystopian future where machines take over the need for laborers, my favorite Vonnegut book is hauntingly resonant.
Americanah
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. This book is an epic of relationships from interpersonal to systemic to cultural.
To The Lighthouse
By Virginia Woolf. This book feels like being a fly on the wall of someone else's life.
The Alchemist
By Paulo Coelho. This book taught me to listen for answers instead of trying to find them and how to put your trust in fate.