I’m a Texan through and through. My first exposure to the theatre was when my third grade English class put on a play about pirates where I played the infamous Blackbeard. I can still feel the itchy polyester beard across my face and hear my mom’s laugh from when I went on stage for the first time. From that moment on, my passion for acting only grew along with my love for film. However, it wasn’t until I watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty when I was 14 that I realized I wanted to do this with my life.

While I was in high school, I also developed a capacity for the camera starting with photography and growing into videography and cinematography as time went on. I became fixated on how certain expressions and movements change in appearance at different focal lengths. The camera became a character for storytelling in my head; another sort of actor to work off in scene. It sent me down a rabbit hole, wanting to know everything I could about every facet of filmmaking to be a better collaborator on all fronts, including in my performance. In order to accomplish that, I attended The University of Texas at Austin to study both filmmaking and acting.