EXPERIENCE
Performance, Teaching & Entrepreneurship
OWNER + Co-FOUNDER, PEACE TREE COLLECTIVE // PORTLAND, OR
Sept 2023 - Present
​- Peace Tree Collective is a group of artists committed to fostering compassionate and transformative art, events, and retreats where individuals gather to support one another on their journey of healing.
PERFORMING COMPANY MEMBER, push/FOLD // PORTLAND, OR
January 2023 - Present
DANCE DIRECTOR + INSTRUCTOR, FRED ASTAIRE DANCE STUDIOS // LAKE OSWEGO, OR
January 2022 - Present
- International Ballroom + Latin Certified
- 13 styles of American Ballroom and Rhythm - Full Bronze Certified
DANCE INSTRUCTOR, HILLSBORO DANCE CENTER // HILLSBORO, OR
September 2021 - Present
- Ballet, Acro, Jazz, Ballroom + Latin Technique
- Grades 1-12
CHOREOGRAPHY
"LIGHT"
This work was created with a focus on holding space and balance between competing phases of intense life and darkness. This piece was premiered at Ten Tiny Dances 2024 in Beaverton, OR. Perfomed by Maile Crowder, Briley Jozwiak, Holly Shaw. Photo by Ben Lam.
TRAINING
My passion for dance first developed while studying and performing with Santa Cruz Ballet Theater. I supplemented my yearly classical training by attending summer intensives at Ballet West in Salt Lake City, UT and Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco, CA. My family moved to Portland, Oregon before my junior year of highschool where I trained and performed with Oregon Ballet Theater before graduating.
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I received my B.S. in Biochemistry and a Dance Studies minor from California Polytechnic, SLO in 2019. There I joined Orchesis Dance Co. from 2016-2020 as a company member and intern. I performed, choreographed and directed for shows in San Luis Obispo. Throughout college I taught both dance and fitness classes.
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Since graduating, I have had the opportunity to continue to diversify my training and artistry. I am currently performing, choreographing, developing arts therapy programs, teaching and pursue higher education in mental health.
ACCOLADES
SERVICE TO THE ARTS: EXCELLENCE IN AN ORIGINAL ADAPTATION
College of Liberal Arts, Cal Poly SLO -Â March 2019
SONIA SANDOVAL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Theatre and Dance Department, Cal Poly SLO - January 2019
TOMCZAC-CARTER AWARD
Theatre and Dance Department, Cal Poly SLO - January 2019
FOUNDERS APPRECIATION AWARD
Theatre and Dance Department, Cal Poly SLO - January 2018
