As a young girl, I was inspired by my grandmother, her art room enchanted me. I marveled at her exquisite brushes, rich and glistening with oil paints, she methodically placed onto her pallet. It was here she painted the most breathtaking landscapes. She would set me up with watercolors and markers, always encouraging me to put my ideas onto paper. My arms were my canvas in the first grade. Eventually, my techniques evolved, I began experimenting with clay and printmaking entering my high school years, and in 2009 received a BFA in painting and printmaking.

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Over the years, creating art with an abstract approach has allowed me to channel a vast world of landscapes; intertwining forests and figures. It has become a prominent coping mechanism and given me the opportunity to just 'be'. Art has provided me with hope and solace, it has become a sanctuary for growth and reflection. Amidst the process, expression, has become a form of therapeutic healing, as well as creative expansion.