I was always that work-hard-overachiever-type. I went to pharmacy school to pursue the career i thought made sense. After 5 years, I finished my hardest year, and quit. i realized that my aspirations were too small. I wanted to serve people, on my own terms, in my own way. no limitations. becoming a photographer opened a world i didn't know existed- where i could feel the biggest feelings with people and capture it forever. Not only that, but I could stand beside them through it and be a voice of peace. I truly feel like i won the lottery to meet as many beautiful souls as i do, who value me as a whole and trust me in those moments.

what i truly want is to give you photos that transport you back to the feeling you had in the moment they were taken.

those moments that you can't put into words, but they make you feel alive- like when you're announced for the first time, or when you hear your baby's first cry. where you aren't necessarily thinking, but you're feeling.

of course you'll get the "look at me and smile" shots (the ones for grandma!), but i want you to experience the moment while i take care of the rest. 

my photography journey didn't start in a classroom or end with a capstone. well, not a collegiate classroom. it did begin in a classroom in honduras, with little eyes watching me from their rooms. my first exposure to life outside of america opened my eyes to how much more was out there. not things or experiences per se, but how love speaks. when you don't speak the same language, you have to learn to speak with body language. the woman sitting outside the temple in india, playing "monos" with mi amiguito in the dominican, the boy who brought me a live crab in honduras, or the girls who wouldn't let go of my hand in africa. this is how love speaks.Connection is about so much more than words, and that's what I care about.