BIOGRAPHY
I am a mom, storyteller, and documentary photographer living on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Abenaki people, now known as Central Vermont. My second home is Western Australia, where my husband Spencer hails from. While I love the sun-soaked Aussie life, motherhood led me back to Vermont to raise my family on the edge of the woods where it all started.
I’ve had the great pleasure of studying photography with exceptional teachers and institutions, including Neal Menschel at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine and DJ Clark at Pathshala South Asian Media Academy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. What resonates with me as a photographer is watching people cultivate a sense of curiosity and pride as they share their unique narratives and stories.
I love traveling, listening to podcasts, snowboarding, studying bulletin boards, playing hockey, having dance parties with my family and getting lost (and found) in the woods.
“I think I’ve learned that even people who see the world differently from you, they love something. And if we take the time to share what we love with one another, we can see each other’s humanity, and we can feel each other’s value. ”
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1982, Maine, USA (and proudly became an Australian Citizen in 2013!)
EDUCATION
2013 Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries, Photomedia, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia
2013 Photojournalism & Multimedia, Pathshala South Asian Media Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004 Documentary Photography, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, Maine, U.S.
2004 Multiculturalism and Social Change, School for International Training, Cape Town, South Africa
2005 Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude, Anthropology, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, U.S.
EXHIBITIONS
2015 'Black and White', Group Exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT
2013 'Incubate', Group Exhibition, Perth Centre For Photography, Perth, Western Australia
2012 'Convergence', Group Exhibition, Spectrum Project Space, Perth, Western Australia
2012 'Convergence', Group Exhibition, Drik Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004 'Breaking Away & Building Anew', Group Exhibition, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME
GRANTS
2013 Catalyst Grant for Collective Focus youth photography program, Community Arts Network Western Australia
2013 Fremantle Foundation Grant for Collective Focus youth photography program, Fremantle, Western Australia
2005 Watson Fellowship to photograph in Ireland, Sweden, New Zealand, Switzerland and Italy for 'The Last Morning Milking'
2004 Davis Fellowship grant to teach photography to youth with the South African Environment Project, Cape Town, South Africa
TEACHING/TALKS
2023 ‘Documentary Storytelling’, Vermont Youth Documentary Lab
2019 'Analog Projects', Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT
2018 'DSLR Camera', Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT
2016 'Documentary Storytelling', Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT
2015 'Funding Sources for Artists', Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT
2006 'The Last Morning Milking', Artist Talk, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
ARTS ADMINISTRATION
2013-present Founder and Coordinator, Collective Focus Workshops
2012-2014 Front of House Manager, Perth Center for Contemporary Arts, Perth, Western Australia