Goal: To educate and promote literacy the beginning to advanced higher educational student in all areas and techniques of theatre through international theatrical forms, applications, academia, analysis, technologies, media, and exploration of performance styles while fostering an appreciation for the arts, understand the human condition and local, global communities.

Education:

Florida State University, Masters of Science, Theatre Education

Florida State University, Bachelor of Arts, School of Theatre

Florida Department of Education Certified Drama and English

St. Petersburg (Junior) College, Associate in Arts Degree

Organizations: Member of The Florida Association for Theatre Educators (FATE), Pinellas County Association for Theatre Educators (PATE), International Baccalaureate (IB) Theatre, Educational Theatre Association(EDTA), Pinellas County Teachers Association (PCTA), Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) Wilson Grant Award Winner, Women for Women International, sponsor, Daytona Beach State College Summer Drama Academy, guest professor, Alpha Psi Omega sorority.

Theatre Director St. Petersburg High School, International Thespian Honor Society sponsor.

Directed Shows: Once on This Island, The Butler Did It, Sweet Charity, MASH, URINETOWN, the Musical. Ludlow Fair, Memory Garden, Speed Date, Perfect Score, The Diary of Anne Frank - new adaptation, Cellmate Confessions, Almost Maine, 13 the Musical, Little Mary Sunshine, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Current: City of Angels the musical.

Full theatrical resume and training upon request. Master Acting Teachers I have studied under include: Uta Hagen at The Piven Theatre, Fred Chappell, Michael Richey, and Helen Chinoy. Chicago's Second City Conservatory program, improv team member and sketch writer. ImprovOlympic in Chicago coached under Del Close and Charna Halpern.

Performances: recent performances include the Semi-Finals for The Boston Comedy Fest ,Blanche in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" (STAR Award nominee Best Supporting Actress),  at the Francis Wilson Playhouse in Clearwater. Orlando Comedy Festival, working standup comedienne across Florida and beyond.

International Studies: London: The Globe Theater, Paris: the Comedie Francais, Italy, Ireland.

I seek to be current on what is happening onstage and in film. Take regular trips to Broadway in New York , attend professional and amateur theatre performances across the state such as The Orlando Fringe Fest. Working on a book at the moment.

Languages spoken: English and French.