She holds a MFA in Acting from the University of California, Irvine and her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona. She consistently works in professional theatre as an actor and has performed in dozens of plays and musicals over the last 15 years. She served as a Resident Artist and Head of Movement Curriculum at PCPA (The Pacific Conservatory Theatre) for 9 years where she trained and directed young actors. There, she co-founded an ongoing Verbatim Community Based Theatre project- Community Speaks!, which has been performed annually with PCPA since it’s 2009 inception. She continues to serve as head playwright for the project.