Born in Chicago, IL 

Based in Pittsburgh, PA 

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Education 

2026 MFA in Image and Text, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY  

2022 BA in English Literature, summa cum laude, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 

2020 Wilbur Wright Community College, Chicago, IL  

Work 

Now Art Educator, full-time, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA  

Now Labor Organizer, United Children’s Museum Workers, Pittsburgh, PA 

Now Ticket Seller, part-time, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust box offices, Pittsburgh, PA 

Now Photographer, occasional freelance, PublicSource, Pittsburgh, PA 

2023 Photo lab apprentice, part-time, M-Alchemy, Pittsburgh, PA 

2022 Teaching Assistant in English-Literature, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 

2022 Assistant Visual Editor, Photographer, Writer, Pitt News student newspaper, Pittsburgh, PA 

2022 Photographer, freelance, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA 

*stopped in October 2022 in support of striking workers 

2021 Gallery Attendant, part-time, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA 

2020 Teacher’s Assistant, full-time, Niles Township District for Special Education, Morton Grove, IL 

2018, 2019  Server, Oberlin College dining hall, Oberlin, OH 

2015-2018 Cashier, Novelty Golf & Games (Bunny Hutch), Lincolnwood, IL

2012-2018 Babysitter, Chicagoland, IL 

2010-2014 Alter girl, St. Thecla Parish, Chicago, IL 

Group Exhibitions 

2023 Sightings, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA 

2022 Studio Arts Student Exhibition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 

2020 Student Exhibition, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Awards 

2024 Graduate Scholarship, Cornell University

2022 Hollinshead Award in English-Literature, recipient, University of Pittsburgh 

2022 Mellon Creative Workshop On Risk and Culture, research fellowship recipient, University of Pittsburgh 

2021 Hollinshead Award in English-Literature, recipient, University of Pittsburgh 

2021 Rotharmel Memorial Grant, recipient, University of Pittsburgh 

2020 Presidential Scholar, recipient, Wilbur Wright Community College, Chicago, IL 

Teaching 

2024 Introduction to photography, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, ages 10-13, Pittsburgh, PA 

2023 Children’s photography education exhibit, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, all ages, Pittsburgh, PA 

Curatorial 

2024 Children’s photography gallery, MuseumLab, Pittsburgh, PA 

2023 Children’s photography education exhibit, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, all ages, Pittsburgh, PA