As someone with multiple marginalized, intersectional identities, I love to write about weirdos, misfits, and nerds.  

 

My background as a California native, having a large, extended non-related family, and being a chronic illness and cancer survivor has highly shaped the stories I want to tell. Addressing how to navigate the issues of today in our ever changing world is at the forefront of my work. 

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My mother once told me that though I’ve gone through a lot of medical trauma in a short amount of time, she is constantly surprised by the amount of empathy I have for others. As an Aquarius, I can attest that I identify as an empath, one who once thought I had to constantly turn off their emotions, to prevent myself from getting caught up in everyone else's. Now, I know this logic to be false. It is not through the bottling of emotions that we thrive as humans and as artists; it is through the constant pain of facing our emotions and working through them that we succeed. I am not afraid to look at anyone’s pain - mine or others, and examine why it started in the first place, and what we can do to address it, validate it, and let it go. 

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To heal trauma and foster empathy in our culture, I want to write the stories of today that push the boundaries of theatricality and imagination. I want to engage my audience, make them think as well as feel, and create the next generation of not only thinkers, but doers.