I am a classical pianist, graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Currently, I am a doctorate candidate at the University of Southern California. My pedigree can be summed up in a few words. My awards, accomplishments, and performances can be just as dispassionately relayed-- and they often are as any typical concert program biographies can confirm.

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These, while important, describe who I am on paper but not who I am as an artist. I understand the merits of these titles and have them listed below but I hope that, beyond my resume, you come to your own conclusions regarding who I am through my playing, my convictions, and my actions. Here, I would like to take some time and tell you directly instead of writing yet another bio in the third person.

I have always been unable to understand the distinction between throwing yourself into music and throwing yourself into life. I was a psychology major concurrent to finishing my Bachelor's in music performance and it taught me about the human mind. I've worked as a teacher and a media consultant and it taught me the joys of education and importance of connection. I've held service jobs and managed events in the same 24 hours and it's shown me the disparities in different communities and the value in diverse stories. These are experiences that are not easily evident through a list of accomplishments, but ultimately the reason music is important.

Music cultivates empathy through diving into others' experiences. It crosses cultural lines and underscores protests and champions the stories of the vulnerable. I hear echoes of the multifaceted human existence in music written from hundreds of years ago just as much as modern-day. And it places the notes within a context that makes sense, that has a place in impacting the world of today rather than recreating the world of yesterday.

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These are my guiding forces as I seek to communicate as an artist, a mentor, and an entrepreneur. Thank you for your support, for listening, and I hope to play a role in allowing music to be a part of your life as well.

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