About Me

I love working with kids and art! My biggest dream is to be a museum educator, médiatrice culturelle, ou guide conférencier, in Paris.

I was born and raised in Virginia, and currently live in Connecticut. I work at the Yale University Art Gallery as the John Walsh Fellow in Museum Education, guiding visitors ages 2-102 in looking closely at art.

I went to Yale Divinity School for my master’s, studying religion & the arts, and to William & Mary for undergrad, studying art history and English literature. My research interests include material culture and theology of medieval birth (especially birth girdles!), medieval and contemporary textiles & fiber arts, and object-based pedagogies in- and outside of museum spaces.

I’m an artist and maker, working primarily in collage, weaving, and drawing. I’ve just learned how to spin yarn on a drop spindle, and I’m finally learning how to knit.

I have also been an eighth-grade history teacher, a nanny, a summer camp volunteer coordinator, and an art editor.

Career-wise, I love to be around art objects, write about them, talk about them, and look at them with other people— especially kids.

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some of my hobbies in order of frequency

talking
laughing
reading
eating good cheese
walking in cities
weaving
falling down research rabbit holes
looking at art
picking out fun outfits
practicing yoga
making collages
picking up seashells
mending things
copying the sounds of birds and car horns
swimming