I am a photographer who crafts performance-driven, staged images without the use of digital manipulation. My artistic vision was shaped by my first job as a host for children's birthday parties, where I spent weekends working to uphold the boundless, dreamlike imagination of kids. Now in my work, I aim to capture the in-between space of childhood—where raw earth and strange dreams meet—as something that can be experienced at any stage of life, as long as one continues to prioritize imagination. My imagination is inextricably linked to my sisters and my home state of Michigan.

My life has been shaped by the overwhelming presence of sisters—my blood sister and the non-blood sisters I have known since the day they were born. Though I am the oldest of all my sisters, we don’t function with age in mind; we exist together as equals. They are my mirrors and my guides, shaping how I see and experience the world. The women in my photographs are not strangers; they are the people I cry for in times of joy and sorrow, the ones who anchor me to the world with warmth and fire.

I am a Michigander. Michigan doesn't just hold my childhood—it preserves it. People often speak of their childhood as something in the past, something lost. But I find magic in Michigan’s dunes, lakes, and woods that preserve youth. To this day, my favorite activities consist of searching for Petoskey stones along the shores of Lake Michigan, building mud pies from clay and dirt, playing hide and seek in the woods, and swimming in the cool lake water.