Galvanized since I was a teen by the climate crisis, my professional life began in the field of environmental studies, with special interests in the areas of marine conservation and regenerative housing solutions. After graduating college with a degree in Environmental Justice, I entered the creative field by pursuing a master’s degree in costume design at the University of Texas at Austin. Designing costumes for musicals and youth theater gives me the joy and strength to continue searching for ways to design garments that have the capacity to transform our understanding of the human species’ relationship to nature. I love teaching about fashion history, and hope to inspire a curiosity for how the past has informed the present (and how we might shape the future!) in all my students.
