Hello and welcome!

I am a multimedia artist and all-around nerd. I recently received my MLIS from Drexel University, and am deeply interested in information ethics, information literacy, media studies, narrative as an information communication technology, and serious games.

I began my professional life as an actor in the New York City downtown theater and indie horror worlds. Some highlights include appearing Off-Broadway as “Margery the Boston Medium” in Mr. Teller’s immersive horror show and 2011 Drama Desk Award nominee for “Best Unique Theatrical Experience,” Play Dead, in its original, year-long New York run, as the “magical being” in Tom X. Chao's Callous Cad, for which I was nominated for a 2012 New York Innovative Theater award for “Outstanding Performance of an Actress in a Lead Role,”and the horror series Flesh For the Beast, currently available on Crunchyroll.

I eventually moved behind the camera, writing, creating, producing, and co-starring in the web series, Cat Planet, an extravaganza of cats, marijuana, and sci-fi silliness, available on YouTube. Cat Planet premiered in 2016 at the Chattanooga Film Festival, and was written up in BUST magazine that year for 4/20. Cat Planet was also awarded "Best Web Series", at the 2017 Toronto Independent Film Awards and was an official selection and finalist at several others.

You can read some press from my showbiz days here.

I have always been passionate about expansive world-building, fantasy narratives, and fostering a sense of wonder and discovery through storytelling, and became interested in video game design during the pandemic. I’m interested in furthering my skills in this area, as well as exploring the ways that video games intersect with education and issues in the LIS field, including how games function as informational, (think: menus, inventories, HUDs, health bars,) and educational frameworks, (think: tutorials, difficulty curves, balancing constructivist exploration and discovery with traditional behaviorist conditioning, and often the couching of these lessons within the simulated sociocultural context of a narrative.)

I am currently based in upstate New York, where I live with my partner and our three pets. In the spare time, I like to play with my analog cameras, read, play video games, watch weird genre movies and anime, draw interpretive self portraits, and practice yoga.

I am looking for work as an academic librarian, and am open to projects, creative, scholarly, or both. Please feel free to reach out via the form on the contact page!

Thanks for stopping by!