I moved to Philadelphia to write.

At first, I felt very alone.

I couldn’t tune out the noise: the low-flying helicopter over our building, the lurch of the trolley, people yelling on the street.

I came from a place of rolling hills where life moved to the clattering of horse and buggies on back roads. On city streets, I caught fragments in every direction. Snippets of phone conversations during my half-hour commutes. Arguments on the street. Blaring music from people passing through.

When I began to work as a barista in a bustling indoor marketplace, I listened to stories from my coworkers and customers. The noise became sounds overlapping: the hum of conversations, the breakdown of boxes, the rhythms of preparation.

While studying Creative Writing, I felt drawn to explore themes of loneliness and belonging in my work.

After graduation, I began working at a contemporary art museum. I spent a lot of time in the galleries discussing artistic concepts, but I felt most alive when I had the opportunity to lift my words off the page and work on a radio segment: a collaboration between Philadelphia Contemporary and The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) celebrating the work of Jonathan Lyndon Chase.

I realized how much I loved audio storytelling. Soon, I left the art museum to begin an apprenticeship with a podcast called Shelter in Place.

Throughout the pandemic, I found rituals of rest to be grounding and restorative. During my apprenticeship, I created an episode exploring why our world needs more rest through the lens of a Shabbat practice. As an audio apprentice, I learned how to create emotional landscapes with words and sounds, and I knew that I wanted to continue sharing stories with the world.

I am continuing this journey and just graduated from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies (December 2025!)

I’m an independent writer & audio producer asking what does it mean to be human?

Education

Salt Institute For Documentary Studies, Audio and Podcasting Track

I received my MFA in creative writing from Temple University and my B.A. in English literature with a minor in print media studies from Millersville University.