Education
2017-2020
          California State University-Long Beach  -- Master's of Fine Arts in Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Long Beach, CA
2012-2017
          Grand Valley State University  --  Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Allendale, MI

Exhibition
​2023
       Shared Past, Divergent Futures -- Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2020
         More Than A Movement -- MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, CT
         Words from a Sistah -- MFA Thesis Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
         Something about sis -- Atl Summit Conference, Palm Springs, CA
2019
        SOCAL MFA 5th Annual Juried Student Art Show -- Pomona Fairfax, Pomona, CA
        BASIS -- Abstruce Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
2018
        Sista, Sista -- East Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2017 
        Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition -- Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
        Arbitrary Associates -- BFA Thesis Exhibition, Padnos Gallery, Allendale, MI
        Grand Valley State University 5th Annual Juried Student Art Show -- Padnos Gallery, Allendale, MI
2016
        Formed Forge Fabricate -- University Museum, Carbondale, IL
2015 
        Framing the Experience -- Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI

Grants & Awards
2020
        Distinguished Achievement in Creative Activity Award -- California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2019
        J. Fred Woell Scholarship -- Deer Isle, ME
2017
       Faculty Purchase Award -- Fifth Annual Juried Student Art Show, Allendale, MI

Professional Experience
2022 - Present
Adjunct Professor Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing -- California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2021 - Present 
Fiber Art Teacher -- Exceptional Children's Foundation, San Pedro, CA
2019-2020
Artist Assistant -- Kentruah Davis, Los Angeles, CA
2019-2020
Visiting Artist Coordinator - California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Graduate Teaching Assistant -- California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
         Artist in Their Own Words - Brittany Ransom  Spring 2020
         Artist in Their Own Words - Katie Grinnan Fall 2019
         Intro to Jewelry & Metalsmithing - Susanna Ali Spring 2018
2018-2019
Studio Technician at CSU Long Beach Metals Department, Long Beach, CA

Commissions
Padnos Distinguished  Artist-In-Resident Award -- Sliver Pendant for Nayda Collazo-Llorens  
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI

Collections
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

Workshops
2019
      Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts -- Enameling Course with Tanya Crane. Deer Isle, ME