Born and raised in Altadena, California. Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Ensemble Shakespeare Theater in Pasadena. Attended The George Washington University on a Presidential Arts Scholarship for Theater. Was and still is highly active in advocating for human and civil rights; worked at a sweatshop-busting non-profit in college in D.C. before booking a national tour of Shakespeare's As You Like It and then moving to Los Angeles.