I had always loved writing for enjoyment, but that enjoyment quickly turned to a form of therapy after a medically-induced trauma occurred in the family that changed our lives forever. When I got to high school, I had an English teacher tell me my writing was disorganized and that I would never make it through college. I kept anything that wasn't my academic writing to myself until one of my classes freshman year of undergrad had us write short stories as an assignment. When my partner read one of my short stories, they recommended I take Lawrence University's Playwriting class and submit a play for the biannual Fred Gaines Playwriting Series. I did just that, and my one-act play Mercedes was produced for the Gaines series the following year; the first in the university's history to discuss the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on young adults, particularly queer youth.

The term before the university was evacuated, I played Queen Elizabeth in Richard III alongside my spouse, who played the titular role. While I haven't been able to act in a show since then due to finances, I was given the Ted Cloak Award for Excellence in Theatre my senior year of undergrad, produced Mercedes again for Minnesota Fringe the summer I graduated, and my spouse and I are the cover image of the LU Theatre Department's webpage. I wrote my first full-length play, Miss Information in late 2021 and spent most of 2022 conducting readings and writing new drafts. I am currently working on another full-length piece that's a bit more centered in realism and hope to have it workshopped and edited enough that I can apply for an MFA in Theatre with a Playwriting focus at the University of Iowa.

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