BIO
Receiving my Bachelor's Degree in Film & Television from Boston University equipped me with vital knowledge regarding the entire process of filmmaking from screenwriting through to production—specifically how all of these varying moving parts ultimately come together through a shared passion and goal for the story to unfold upon the audience’s gaze in the absolute best way possible—but most importantly it taught me the value of set design and production. An invaluable aspect of filmmaking, set design not only conveys the world in which the plot plays out, but also is an expression of the characters as they live in and interact with their environments. To me, interior design is a permanent form of this relationship applied within the real world—which is why I enrolled into the Parsons Interior Design + Architectural Studies Certificate Program upon moving to New York post-graduation.
The spaces we inhabit are a canvas of ourselves: the way we roll out of bed in the morning, which mug we choose for our morning coffee—from the lighting in our bathroom while we look at ourselves in the mirror before venturing out the front door to fulfill the demands of that day to where we drop our keys after returning home from conquering said day—how we like to watch television, cook dinner, get dressed, or simply relax on the couch. These spaces are not only an expression of ourselves but also an influence to our lives and the way we live them.
Interior design has been a keen interest of mine since I was a 10-year-old little girl glued to HGTV everyday after school. I grew up with divorced parents, which meant I always had two bedrooms. My mom allowed me to paint my walls pale pink and install a wall-to-wall baby blue shag carpet while a stuffed animal tea party was permanently set up in the corner. With my dad we moved houses very frequently (10+ times by age 12) and as a single dad he didn’t get around much to furnishing the house—picture dining tables without chairs, paintings on the floor leaning against walls, carpet-less hardwoods, empty ‘formal’ living rooms. Meanwhile my bedroom was always fully decorated—colorful paint on the walls, patterned bedding, pictures hung, shelves filled, rugs laid out, trinkets displayed. My bedroom was my absolute pride and joy and every time I returned home to it I not only felt a sense of security and comfort but also an influence of creativity and feeling of complete bliss in this environment which was brimming with an expression of myself. Fast forward to my attending boarding school, where I switched to a new closet-sized dorm room every year: a new blank canvas to transform and express myself within.
White walls and empty spaces can be intimidating to some but to me they are brimming with excitement and anticipation to how they can be revamped and revolutionized. A space has no limit and my passion is to utilize every aspect of it in order to tell a story and convey the life lived within those four walls.
