Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, I attended the Cincinnati Waldorf School from Nursery through 6th grade, transferring to the School for Creative and Performing Arts for 7th to 12th grade where I majored in Instrumental Music for violin. An arts-enriched curriculum is characteristic of both Waldorf and SCPA and I consider myself very lucky to have been exposed to both. I am now a graduate of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), with a concentration in 3D/Ceramics. I am also a graduate of the Art Education program from which I obtained a Visual Arts Teaching License for the state of Ohio, grades K-12.