As far back as I remember, people in my life would say, “You’re going to grow up to be an artist.” And in a lot of ways, they were right.

I’ve been a photographer since 2004. I started by reading old photography books, using a Nikon film camera. Later I turned to digital, and started right in photographing weddings and families.

Military life led me from Pennsylvania – where I grew up – to California, to Hawaii, and back to the East Coast, this time to Maryland. In 2012 my fiancé and I decided we would move to Oregon, where he was from. No other place I lived – not even Pennsylvania – felt like home to me. But Oregon feels like home. There’s just something about being able to go to the beach or to the desert or the redwoods, all in a day’s drive, that is so eternally alluring.

When we got here, I got straight to adulting. I went to college. I got a full-time job. We bought a house. We had a baby. Two and a half years later, we had another baby.

For the first few years after becoming a mom, I would still photograph on occasion but not as much as I once did. And I REALLY missed it. My soul craved to be doing something creative, and to be connecting with others.

And this is where you find me. I’m on a journey to find myself as a creator, and to meet new people along the way. I’m here to discover your stories, and to hopefully help you re-discover (or discover) something beautiful about yourself. I’m here to make memories, and to document them.

Let’s go discover something together.