I believe authentic, empathetic storytelling is a crucial part of effective costume design. As a designer I want to help create characters and tell stories that reflect our shared humanity, and I value a creative process rooted in cultural respect and understanding. I chose a career in theatre because of its unique opportunities for collaboration and how many voices come together to tell a single story. I love how every production takes the ideas, hard work, and life experience of a diverse group of artists to create a cohesive final product.

I attended Howard University for three years, where I studied theatre and sociology. I took full advantage of the HBCU experience while at Howard and because I received my introductory theatre education in a fully Afrocentric learning environment, Black theatre history and African-American theatre aesthetics continue to be major influences for me as an artist. In 2018 I transferred to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in order to have access to more specialized theatre design classes; in 2020 I graduated with a BA in Theatre with a concentration in Design and Production.

Following a year spent painting houses and working in a bakery due to the Covid-19 theatre shutdown, I jumped right back into my work and spent the 2021-2022 school year as a costume design apprentice at The Juilliard School. After that I worked as a freelance costume design assistant in NYC until I began my MFA at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.