I’ve loved music for a long time, and my interest in musicals began when my brother and I would sit on the floor next to the CD player and listen to musical soundtracks on CDs my parents had lying around until we had memorized them. When I was in elementary school, I got my first taste of performing and never stopped. I performed with Santa Barbara Youth Ensemble Theatre and played Miss Honey in Matilda, Cinderella in Into the Woods, and Cosette in Les Miserables. I’m an inaugural member of Lights Up! Theatre Company, which I’ve been performing with for five years, and I’ve gotten the opportunity to play roles like The Witch in Big Fish, Alma Hix in The Music Man, Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, Antonia and Anselmo in Man of La Mancha, and Bea Bottom in Something Rotten, and this spring I’ll play the Witch in Into the Woods.

With the guidance of my singing teacher Sharlae Jenkins, I’ve entered the Fall, Winter, and Baroque Festivals, which are organized by the Music Teachers Association of California, every year for five years. I’ve also entered other competitions, and I was awarded a scholarship by the Santa Barbara Music Club last year. I completed Levels 3-5 of Certificate of Merit with State Honors. I skipped Level 6 because Covid was messy, and I’m currently working on Level 7.