Examining culture. Reclaiming identity.
Educator. Musician. Writer.
Exploring identity, power, and personal agency in education, performance, and professional spaces.
About Me
There comes a point where you realize your life has been shaped by expectations you did not choose.
My work examines how identity is formed within systems that reward performance, compliance, and external validation, and what it means to step outside of those patterns and return to yourself.
Core Focus Areas
Education
As a Career Specialist and former band director, I work at the intersection of student development, workforce readiness, and identity formation
Writing
My writing explores culture, power, and identity, offering both critique and language for understanding lived experiences within structured systems.
Music
As a performing flutist, I engage directly with the artistic spaces I analyze, bridging practice and perspective.