I am a choreographer, dance artist, movement educator, and producer working at the intersection of performance, community practice, and social inquiry.

I hold a BA in Dance from UC Santa Barbara (2011), an MFA in Dance: Creative Practice from Saint Mary’s College of California (2017), and a California Single Subject Teaching Credential for Dance (2022).

Artistically, I am committed to creating work that forges meaningful connection through personal and collective storytelling, and I remain deeply curious about how embodied practice can open new possibilities for understanding universal human experiences. Conceptually rooted in biomythography, my work (re)builds narratives that braid the personal with the communal, expanding how story can be held, alchemized, and shared.

I am currently serving as Resident Curator with ODC Theater in San Francisco, teaching in universities and professional settings, and making dances bicoastally.

In 2007, yoga found me as a young artist, and completely changed the trajectory of my life and movement practice. The rigor, discipline, and attention to the spaces between led me to develop a passion for the power vinyasa practice. I completed my 200-hour teacher training through CorePower Yoga in 2012 and have taught ever since. My journey as a yoga teacher and practitioner has evolved so much since then - I have taught in studios, public schools and universities, worked with special populations at the San Diego Navy Medical Center, expanded my knowledge base outside of vinyasa forms to include yin, restorative, and adaptive practices. My ongoing exploration of anatomy and functional movement has further informed my teaching - I completed my 500 certification with a focus on functional anatomy through Yoga One in 2019, and my continued dance training is highly focused on somatics, applied anatomy, and the integration of attention/mindfulness in creative practice. My activist work in the dance realm has been critically informed by my yoga practice, and the advocacy work I have engaged in continues to inspire my teaching. Most recently, I have deepened my commitment to trauma-informed teaching strategies, and creating intentional practice spaces for affinity groups/cohorts. I have served as a continuing education provider, mentor, and assistant in teacher trainings for many years. I aspire to engage students in a mindful and meaningful relationship with yoga that ignites a deeper sense of response-ability. I believe that an embodied life is a critical component for individual and collective liberation, and intend to support trainees in exploring the relationship between self-study and social practice. This program is geared for socially conscious practitioners who seek opportunities to deepen their understanding of the yogic path, embodiment, and teaching as tools for social change. With this 200-hour program as the framework, I intend to facilitate cohort-style trainings that actively uplift and empower marginalized communities, and a special emphasis on preparing dancers to take the seat of teacher.

Arts advocacy and administration has always been a part of my practice. Since 2012, I have worked in grassroots community and nonprofit environments with a focus on uplifting and empowering systematically under-resourced artists and cultural workers, and have more than 10 years of involvement with launching and facilitating change-making projects. After nearly a decade of dancing professionally and producing dance projects in San Diego, I founded DISCO RIOT (est. 2018) - a nonprofit organization that supports creative possibilities for advancing the dance scene in my hometown. I earned a certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of San Diego in 2021, and have served in various leadership and consultant roles for arts organizations, individual artists, and educational institutions. I appreciate the opportunity to engage with artists, organizations, and communities in the imperative work of strategizing radically creative futures.