EDUCATION
Graduated in January 2011 from Lesley University with Dual MA in Special Education and Elementary Education
RELEVANT TEACHING + DAY JOBS
2016 - PRESENT
Arts Instructor at Vavroch Glass & Art Studio and Portland Community College Community Education Portland, OR
2025
Mentor Designer at SH/FT, Northwest Arts for Learning Portland, OR
2023-2024
Arts Instructor at PHAME Academy Portland, OR
2019 - 2022
Stained Glass Apprentice at The Glaziery Portland, OR
THEATRE DESIGN WORK
2026
Marsha Blovotnik and the Marvelous Magical Chicken Soup by Dan Kitrosser, Directed by Luan Schooler
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR
The Roommate by Jen Silverman, Directed by Jamie M. Rea
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Profile Theatre, Portland, OR
Apple Hunters! by E.M. Lewis, Directed by Zeina Salame
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR
Tiger Style! by Mike Lew, Directed by Peter Kim
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Profile Theatre, Portland, OR
2025
Highland Hearth, Written + Directed by Bruce Akpan Hostetler
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Portland Revels, Portland, OR
Witch by Jen Silverman, Directed by Josh Hecht
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Profile Theatre, Portland, OR
Apple Season by E.M. Lewis, Directed by Francisco Garcia
Scenic Designer, Costume Designer, Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
21Ten Theatre, Portland, OR
Mother Russia by Lauren Yee, Directed by Josh Hecht
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Profile Theatre, Portland, OR
Revelation Coffee by PHAME Playwrights, Directed by Bruce Akpan Hostetler
Costume Designer
Portland Revels, Portland, OR
Samsara by Lauren Yee, Directed by Jamie Rea & Ajai Tripathi
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Profile Theatre, Portland OR
2024
Underhill Haunted House
Fake Food Props Commission
Portland, OR
Infinite Life by Annie Baker, Directed by Rebecca Lingafelter
Props Designer
Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR
Arsonist by J. Goldfinger, Directed by Sophina Flores
Costume Designer
Fuse Theatre Ensemble, Portland, OR
God’s Favorite by Neil Simon, Directed by William Earl Ray
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Passinart Theatre Company, Portland, OR
Jersey Boys by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, Directed by Isaac Lamb, Music Direction by Kent Wilson
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator
Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
Ashland by Isabelle Estelle, Directed by Jen Lanier
Costume Designer
Crave Theatre, Portland, OR
Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Directed by Michael Mendelson
Props Designer
Portland Shakespeare Project, Portland, OR
2023
James and the Giant Peach by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, Music Direction by Kent Wilson
Props + Puppets Designer
Enlightened Theatrics, Salem, OR
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare, Directed by Myrrh Larsen
Demetrius and Chiron Pies, Paper Prop Commission
Speculative Drama, Portland, OR
Antigone, Directed by Jeffrey Puukka
Tiresias’ Bones Prop Commission
Metropolitan Performing Arts, Vancouver, WA
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, Directed by Jerry Mouawad
Props + Set Dressing Coordinator, Stage Manager
Imago Theatre, Portland, OR
2022
Julia’s Place, Written + Directed by Jerry Mouawad
Food Props Designer, Shadow Puppeteer
Imago Theatre, Portland, OR
FILM
Improvements (2025), Directed by Erica Terpening-Romeo
Production Assistant, Prop Foods Fabrication
Portland, OR
Mother Russia video footage (2025)
Props Coordinator
Desert Island Studios, Portland, OR
EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
2026
“ADX Fest: 15 Years In The Making: A Community Exposition”, ADX Design Xchange
Portland, OR (Opens October 2)
“Inconvenience Store”, Parnassus Project
Seattle, WA (Opens Sept. 19 - 2027)
“Four Letter Word”, Base Camp Studios
Seattle, WA
“Bad Habits”, Base Camp Studios
Seattle, WA
2025
“Playing the Cards: Collage Gallery Show”, ADX Design Xchange
Portland, OR
“Telephone”, Basecamp Studios
Seattle, WA
2024
“Playing the Cards: Collage Gallery Show”, ADX Design Xchange
Portland, OR (September)
PUBLICATIONS
Faking Food, Portland Mercury, Fall Arts Issue 2026, September 10, 2026 Old 7-11 in downtown Seattle becomes ‘Inconvenience Store’, Seattle Times, September 1, 2026
Color and Light: Glass art with instructor Olivia Vavroch, Portland Community College Catalog Feature, Fall 2026 Profile’s ‘Tiger Style!’ roars out of the gate, Oregon Artswatch, January 29, 2026
‘Apple Season’: In an orchard, escaping the trauma of the past, Oregon Artswatch, September 4, 2025
PODCASTS and APPEARANCES
The Acoustic Pedestrian - Art and Disability Podcast “3A, 3B. Glass + Rocks = Art”
July 2018