Stories have always been my compass. I turned my passion into a pursuit, earning my BFA in Theatre and spending four years immersed in the craft. Breaking down a text. Analyzing intention. Building character from the inside out. Treating language like something alive. Accents were honed. Subtext was honored. Every word carried weight.

With that training, I stepped into Chicago’s theatre scene, ready to make every word and every breath count. Public parks. Hidden storefronts. Small rooms. Folding chairs. Audiences close enough to hear you breathe. That’s where I learned character isn’t something you present. It’s something you uncover.

Those intimate stages eventually led me to a new frontier: voice. I discovered my love of Voice Work through live radio. Dimly lit stages. A script in hand. A foley artist making sounds behind me. I found the joy of shaping a character with nothing but my voice. Over time, this work grew into creating a six-part audio drama, The Tale of Hunter’s Bay. Writing. Directing. Producing. Each step deepened my understanding of how performance and sound bring a story to life.

This naturally carried over into audiobooks. I approach every book as an actor first. I fall in love with the characters. I root for them. They are more than words on a page — their lives deserve to be lived in, not simply read. I’ve felt the quiet devastation of a character’s death linger long after the session ends. I’ve had to stop recording because I was crying so hard I couldn’t finish a chapter. It’s an honor to give them breath.

Narrating audiobooks is a responsibility I take seriously. My job is to carry the listener through the world of the story, shaping each moment with intention from first line to last. Every choice serves the narrative. I come to the work as an actor, honoring the language and giving breath to the page so the listener can disappear into the story.

Stories have always been my compass. Guiding listeners through them is the work I’m meant to do.