I'm an actor based in Ridgewood, New York. I've had a pretty wild path
as a performer and New Yorker, just passing my 9th year here in the
city.
I'll have a bunch of information about me here down below, but if you
want the elevator pitch:
(you might recognize me from my co-star role in Broad City where I sold Ilana her Matrix suit)
With all that business out of the way -
If we've never met: Hello! I'm an actor, artist, web developer, server,
bartender, barista, teacher, curriculum crafter, and needing a coffee
just listing all of that out.
I love movies, music, art of any kind honestly, especially if it's with
friends. It's said that it's difficult to make friends in NYC but I can
assure you that if you look hard enough and follow who you are,
I know you'll be able to find some absolutely incredible folks like the
people in my close community.
Outside of work, acting, and consuming I've also managed to make some
music, make some websites, and create some short films for myself.
Still exploring the absolutely darling neighborhood of Ridgewood as the
summer season makes the streets come alive again. :)
If you've known me at any point in my life, you know that I've been an
actor at heart even if not in practice.
After an pretty good run in the industry from 2017-2020, lockdown
presented a wild choice for me.
I knew I'd be starting from the very beginning, looking for agents and
finding my voice as an artist. Would there even be any gigs?
I decided to fill my days with mindfulness, spiritual practices, and
teasing out my long-burried curiosity of coding.
The goal was potentially to become a software engineer, get some money
to funnel into my art later on.
Of course, life being life, a crazy drag bingo night somehow led to my
first ever teaching gig, which started four incredible summers teaching
coding to some of the greatest kids I've ever met through All Star
Code.
I spent a good amount of time working in a world I was so unfamiliar
with,
learning more about myself while teaching while chasing a mirage of
financial
security in tech as the empire of tech suddenly self-destructed.
Each year was another lesson in how to live, what it was like to be a
person.
I had many interviews that went nowhere. I coded an entire game for my
students to experience how failure necessary for growing.
The sky turned orange for a whole day. I deleted Instagram for a year.
AI infected everything in sight. I rebuilt my highschool iPod.
As each year passed I missed what made me feel whole, wondering how much
more I'd be able to give to the craft after so many lessons learned and
so much time away.
When my time came to a close with All Star Code, I decided to make the
plunge back into acting once more.
Gone is pure stability, our time is one of tapestries weaving in work,
opportunities, decisions. Best to ride that wave with more experience.
I also played Persona 5 Royal and that was crraaaaaaazyyyyy.