I'm a proud graduate of Pennsylvania State University, where I majored in Art History and completely fell in with photography. What started as an appreciation for composition, light and storytelling in paintings turned into a camera always in my hands. During college, I studied abroad in Rome, a dream for an art history major, and later backpacked across Europe for two unforgettable months. Somewhere between the cobblestone streets, museum halls, and golden Italian sunsets, I realized I wanted to spend my life capturing moments.

After graduation, I moved to New York City, trading Renaissance frescos for subway maps and a tiny apartment with a very ambitious rent. I worked in sales and marketing for incredible companies like Anheuser-Busch, JPMorgan Chase and GlaxoSmithKline, essentially working very "serious" corporate jobs so I could afford to live in a very "not serious" amount of square footage. Let's say my salary was impressive, my closet space was not. It was an exciting time of big-city energy and big career growth. But the best thing I found there was my future husband. Soon after we got married, we swapped skyscrapers for sweet tea and moved to North Carolina.

We now have two kids who are technically "grown." My daughter is in her late teens and my son is in his early twenties, so yes, I'm in that strange in-between stage of parenting where they still need you but also don't. Watching them grow has given me an even deeper appreciation of freezing time through photographs, because I know first-hand how quickly it moves.

In 2011, I officially started my photography business. What began as a creative outlet became something much more meaningful. My background in Art History shapes the way I see composition and light. My years in the corporate world shaped my professionalism and attention to detail. And being a mom taught me how quickly time moves and how important to freeze it when we can. Seniors especially have my heart. There is something powerful about that season of becoming. I photograph with intention, chasing beautiful light, natural expression and images that feel timeless and true to who you are in this once-in-a-lifetime season.

Fun facts:  My own senior photo was featured in the window of my hometown photographer's studio (so you could say this was destiny). I once shared an apple martini with Matt Damon. And I stood in line behind John F. Kennedy Jr. at a bodega in NYC and we were both buying the New York Post.

Photography has taken me from Rome to New York to North Carolina and I can't wait to see where it takes us together.