Growing up in Boston, I was surrounded by the local art scene, which scared and inspired me. I was not a natural artist, so I looked for other ways of artistic expression. I would write plays and perform them in my bedroom to an audience of none. Creating elaborate dance routines was also a favorite. In school I took creative writing and photography. In a thrift store I found a Super 8 camera and taught myself how to use it. I formed my own little production company and made a total of 5 short films.

Dance was always part of my life, and I was lucky to have a teacher in middle school that encouraged it. Once in High School I continued to dance and added acting as well. My dance teacher let me choreograph pieces that were showcased in our annual shows for the school. One of my proudest moments was when I won an acting award for a play that had me recite a 20-minute monologue in which I aged from 15 to 45 years old.

In my last year of High School, I received 2 dance scholarships. One to Boston Ballet and another to Harvad University. For college I decided to attend The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. I returned to Boston after college and started working in the hospitality industry while I continued to audition.

Since then, my jobs in hotels have taken over most of my life. Teaching and training have been my creative outlet for the past many years.

Writing a book was always something that I wanted to achieve. Ideas came to me fast and furious, but it was usually trying to find the time to get the actual writing done was the problem. I started with writing one of my stories as a one person play and it wrote itself very fast. I adapted that into my first book and then came 2 more books after that.

In addition to writing, I now teach a creative writing class based on my own curriculum.