Most of my training kicks in here, and I spent four years in a conservatory. Most of my classmates were older than I, and I learned to show up even when the days were hard. We did Shakespeare, classics, ballroom dancing, voice lessons, and movies. I graduated in 2022.

I don’t come from a family of artists. Deciding to go to arts school for high school was a huge leap of faith. I performed in many plays and learned how to identify the kind of work I like! It was here I learned to love auditioing.

I wanted to fall in love with the craft again, so I auditioned for a classical program in Oxford, England, and spent a month there learning scene study, seeing shows in London, and working on voice and speech!

A 10 week course in film acting!

Bob is an excellent film coach and teacher. I returned to his masterclass 3 times to learn skills for the screen and industry.

This is where I met my acting mentor, Kevin Kittle, whom I still work with today. I spent a month at Rutgers learning the Meisner technique for actors, movement, and scene study.

ArtsBridge prepares high school students for acting conservatory auditions. Here, I met teachers from Carnegie Mellon, Minnesota State University, Rutgers, and UNCSA, and I gained a better view of the type of program that would be good for me.

I received further coaching for college auditions. I worked on monologues, and my coach happened to be a graduate of The Juilliard School!

I auditioned for about 25 schools, most of them being at unifieds. I stayed at the Palmer Hotel and went from room to room sharing my pieces: Portia from Julius Caesar and Katherine from A View From the Bridge. My song was a Greek folk song called Makrinitsa. I learned how to be composed in a highly stressful situation.