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EDUCATION

Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion, PA – M.S.L.S. in Library Science with a concentration in Archival Studies, Degree Anticipated 2025

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH – B.A. in Comparative Literature, Minor in Studio Art and Politics, Class of 2018

AWARDS

Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award Finalist, 2024

  • “Lost in Subliminal Space: A Reflection on Queer Portraiture”

  • “Melancholia”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Writer, Freelance – Summer 2018 - Present

  • Bloodletter (March 2024)

  • Full Stop Magazine (February 2024)

  • Artblog (October 2023 - Present)

  • InLiquid Magazine (March 2023 - June 2023)

  • tk.collective (January 2023)

  • Ourselves, Collected (September 2022)

  • DRØME (August 2018)

Library Trainee, Free Library of Philadelphia – Winter 2024 - Present

  • Worked in a neighborhood branch training as a librarian.

  • Worked at the reference desk, weeded and ordered books for the religion and social sciences section.

  • Assisted with outreach and programming.

Library Assistant, Free Library of Philadelphia – Winter 2023 - Winter 2024

  • Worked in Philbrick Hall at the Parkway Central Library. Assisted patrons, managed circulation, shelved and organized the stacks.

  • Helped install the exhibition The In-Between Spaces.

Exhibitions and Editorial Intern, Inliquid Gallery – Winter 2023 - Spring 2023

  • Curated the exhibition, On and Back, featuring Matt Higgins and Christina Penrose

  • Worked as an art handler for five exhibitions

  • Created three lookbooks and wrote three exhibition statements

  • Edited exhibition statements and catalogs for InLiquid Gallery, and edited articles for InLiquid Magazine

  • Photographed and digitally archived artwork

  • Created graphics for posters, banners, emailers, and social media 

Editor-In-Chief, tk.collective – Summer 2021 - Winter 2023

  • Co-founded tk.collective

  • Recruited and led editorial team for tk.collective

  • Created layout and built website

  • Led line editing, fact checking, and copy editing

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

  • Fluency in Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop

  • Fluency in Procreate

  • Fluency in analog photography

  • Fluency in Readymag and Squarespace

  • Proficiency in digital photography