I fell in love with art when I was eight years old. 

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In fact, I can recall the exact moment. 

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Every few months my art-history-crazed mother visited my third grade class to teach us about different artists — "Meet the Masters," they called it. While we listened to her talk about the artist's life, techniques, and successes, I remember trying my very best to mimic one of their masterpieces with the semi-dried glue sticks and safety scissors supplied to us. I remember waking up for school every morning in hopes that it was a "Meet the Masters" day.  

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When I started college at Gonzaga University I knew I wanted to make a meaningful career out of my love for art. On a whim, I joined the university’s student-run newspaper my sophomore year and developed an unexpected kinship for sharing artists’ stories through writing. And I also found opportunities to apply my knowledge of visual art at Jundt Art Museum, where I happily spent most of my free time as a senior. 

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Now I'm combining these interests as I earn my Master of Arts in Arts Journalism and Communications at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.