About me

I am actress, teaching artist, and childcare professional with 10 years of experience living in NYC. I have always had a deep appreciation for working with children, and one of my favorite things is helping kids explore their own artistic passions and means of creative expression.

I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. I majored in Educational Studies (with a self-designed major in Child Development & The Arts in Education) and Performing Arts at Trinity College in CT, and spent a great deal of time working in Hartford public schools as a classroom assistant and teaching artist apprentice. I also worked at the Trinity Childcare facility during my 4 years there – in the infant-to-2-year-old room, the toddler room, and the preschool. I spent my full junior year abroad, for one semester at the National Theater Institute, a conservatory style acting training program, and one semester at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, where I worked as a teaching assistant in a 5th grade classroom and developed a love of African dance.

Since graduating, I have worked as an actor in many NYC venues, as well as on National Tours and at regional theaters around the country. I have a special passion for Shakespeare and also love working on developing new plays. I have worked as a Teaching Artist with several artistic organizations in NYC, teaching theater, improvisation, musical theater, playwriting and more to students ages 5-17. I've worked as a classroom teacher in Theater for both middle and high school students, and as the Director of Education at a theater company I co-founded in 2010, MaineStage Shakespeare.

I'm a warm, optimistic, creative sitter, who loves to have fun with kids while maintaining the necessary rules and routines of day to day life. I have a ton of experience working with infants and am very comfortable working with parents to set and enforce schedules. I take initiative, communicate well with children and parents, and keep calm in challenging situations. I'd love to meet your family!