Ever since I was a toddler, I was always drawing. I took sketchbooks with me everywhere, drew on napkins in restaurants, taught myself how to draw digitally, first with a mouse on an ancient Mac, then on a Wacom Graphire tablet in the early 2000s. I took two dual credit courses in drawing at a nearby community college during my last year of high school, and in college I took three different figure drawing classes at my community college before transferring to art school. You can imagine why my response to people when they ask how I got so good at drawing is: “I’ve had 30+ years of practice.”

I work full-time at Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change, justice, and solutions. In my free time, I take on freelance projects ranging from wedding invitations to scientific illustration. Nature is my biggest inspiration, and my artistic process never includes anything to do with generative AI.

I enjoy spending time on various creative projects such as personal illustrations, embroidery, sewing, and photography; cooking (and eating); and exploring the Pacific Northwest with my husband and our dogs.