2010 - discovered the power of cross-pollinating municipal governments, community organizations, and the arts to build strong communities   Born/raised in Binghamton, NY—I grew up in & out of adversity to later be appointed as the youngest Commissioner for Downtown Development and then co-founded the Department of Public Art. Within that role I helped launch MuralFest (modeled after the international trend of creative placemaking) and focused economic development projects on all things public art, later named Mayoral Advisor to the City of Binghamton on Public Art, to help revitalize my hometown   2014 - After earning a degree in Mathematics I moved to Brooklyn to grow my understanding of the art world & network with street artists, muralists, + graffitists 2014 - designed and taught an undergraduate public art course at the State University of New York and was a placemaking grant recipient of the American Planning Association’s New York Upstate Chapter 2016 - I was invited to be a speaker at the Global Mural Conference. That same year, I was awarded an artist-in-residence at the Bunnell Street Art Center in Alaska, proposing an unusual use of the residency: to help the town of 5,000 launch their first mural program called Peonies on Pioneer. The project was accepted, and she went there to bring attention to the flower economy in Homer, a place growing the world’s best peonies, and join the team at the arts center who work tirelessly in support of the arts community. While in Alaska, I was hired by Mayor Berkowitz and the Enzina Marrari, Curator of Public Art at the City of Anchorage, to train arts administrators and government employees on working with street artists   That summer after working in Alaska I accepted a full-ride Teaching Assistantship at the University of New Orleans and in 2018 graduated with a Master’s in Arts Administration. Galway was recognized as the European Capital of Cultural 2020 and so I returned to the Galway International Arts Festival to join the team in Ireland   2019 - published my first book, New Orleans: Murals, Street Art & Graffiti Vol. 1 and worked closely with Flint Public Art Project 2020 - accepted a full-time position as the Director of Placemaking