I get asked all the time what inspired my career aspirations, and that is the truth. I would set up the houses for hours, making sure to glue each piece in its proper place. I would host "showings" to anyone who visited my room, providing commentary on why I chose to put each item in its specific location. The creative freedom of constructing spaces and narratives for my dolls enamored me, so I decided to pursue a career in museums and historic sites.

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Across my institutional career, I have deeply valued shaping a public collection and working directly with global contemporary artists to develop acquisitions, commissions, and temporary installations. My curatorial practice broadly encompasses traditional and new media arts from the 20th and 21st centuries, recontextualizing cultures through inclusive and intersectional frameworks. Overall, I am seeking further opportunities to deepen my community-engaged curatorial and interpretive practices, reflecting my interdisciplinary background in anthropology and art history.