My tweens to twenties were focused on performing arts and I spent over a decade playing lead roles in professional musical theater/sketch comedy, commercial work/film, writing, directing, and producing. My first paid commercial was at age 12 and my first paid stage show playing 8x a week was at age 16. I was accepted into a performing arts charter high school called Tuacahn where I played lead roles, joined dance company, and became student body president. I loved studying theater and gender in college at the University of Utah while exploring the use of activism and art to drive cultural change.  I volunteered and worked my way up with the Utah Pride Festival to become an entertainment director - booking acts for multiple stages and running talent logistics for their festival with 30,000+ attendees. I interned with Sundance Theater Lab as a stage manager alongside celebrity talent, and donated time as Special Events Chair at my university where I directed an $80k budget for student entertainment and events. During University I was performing as an Actor's Equity Union member and cast in shows including Salt Lake Acting Company's annual political parody show "Saturday's Voyeur" where I starred as Sarah Palin.

In addition to my BFA, I studied at AMDA and The Second City comedy school with a focus in improv, sketch, & musical comedy. (Second City is the training ground for SNL's Tina Fey, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Steven Colbert and more). Additionally I wrote, produced, directed and starred in a weekly one woman show about Patsy Cline when I was 20, started my own burlesque troupe at 23, and at 24 raised $10k  for planned parenthood directing/producing/performing in "The Vagina Monologues". To this day I enjoy singing, tap dancing, writing/performing, making people laugh, hosting, and performing on stage/camera. 

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Checkout this Chicago Tribune article on my one woman show

or watch my tampon rap musical comedy video.

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