Ever since I was five years old I wanted to be a storyteller. As a kid, I thought that meant being an actor, and I focused my life on learning the craft. I obsessed over movies and going to the theatre, when I played make believe I was making a movie, I found every opportunity I could to grab an adult's attention and be the center of the party. I wanted to make this a reality, and I did when I joined Michigan State University's BFA Acting program. It wasn't until my second semester that I found playwriting, and I was hooked. The first piece of mine I saw performed was "Type 1," and after the show, a woman my age sitting next to me was crying. I had never seen this woman before in my life, and haven't seen her since. I had no idea who she was, but noticed that she was moved to tears by what I wrote. Now making my mom cry, that's easy. But never would I have imaged that my play about affording insulin could move someone I didn't know to tears.I knew that if I could move someone to tears with my words, this was the path for me.

As an artist, I focus on bringing topics to the stage that people aren't comfortable talking about and that people don't know much about. I want to educate people, and I also want to challenge people to think and evaluate their feelings on certain topics. I want to create an escape for audiences, but I also want people to remember that these issues affect people in the real world everyday.