I grew up in Rochester, NY, exploring and learning from the local craft community. I grew up skateboarding, playing the drums, and making art with all types of media. When I began school at RIT, I dropped many of those practices to focus on metal, and because metalworking is so broad I still get to have my hands in all kinds of work. I am thankful for the opportunity to pursue craft this way, and for the craftspeople in my life who have built me up. I am working on my capstone show as a senior Metals and Jewelry Design major at RIT. I use my minor in Women's and Gender Studies to inform my work. Through the study of queer history and theory I am trying to figure out how I want to add to the work that has been and is being done by queer artists and craftspeople.