I was born and raised in Los Angeles, and fled to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest at 17. There I studied Film and Visual Art at Evergreen, then settled in Northern California, where life started to get really fun.

Over the next 25 years, I worked in advertising and with teenagers in the Jewish community, taught photography and art history to high schoolers, and eventually co-owned a school photography company for over a decade. I’ve since found my way back home to Portland and the verdant, dreamy Pacific Northwest.

Photography has allowed me to invite people to see their own beauty and place in the world and, in doing so, I’ve come to discover my own. I also paint and write, and recently finished my first feature screenplay.

Building on my belief in the power of creative expression and the healing potential of art, I’m currently pursuing a master’s degree in Art Therapy and Counseling.

I am grateful for my brilliant husband, son, and identical twin gingies, who keep me inspired, appreciative, and joyful.