EDUCATION
2022 MFA in Dance. Montclair State University
2007 BA in Modern Dance Performance. Brigham Young University
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2022 DRIEP Anti-racism Training. Diversity and Resilience Institute of El Paso
2021 Trauma-Informed Oregon Online Training. Trauma Informed Oregon
2017 Certified Yoga Teacher 200HR. Citizen Yoga, Detroit, MI
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 – present Dance Teacher, Dancenter Salisbury, Salisbury, MD
2021 Adjunct Faculty Member, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2021 Apr Master Class Guest Artist, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
2020 Guest Artist; Fenix Youth Project, Salisbury, MD
2017 Yoga Teacher; Citizen Yoga, Detroit, MI
2015 – 2017 Outreach Ballet Teacher, Ballet Renaissance, Detroit, MI
2013 – 2017 Program Director and Teacher, Schoolhouse Montessori, Troy, MI
2007 – 2009 Modern Dance Teacher, Timpanogos High School, Alpine, UT
2006 – 2008 Art Program Director, Boys and Girls Club of Utah County, Provo, UT
2006 – 2007 Creative Dance Teacher, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
2008 – Present Professional Photographer/Videographer, commercial and private clientele
CREATIVE WORKS (past, current and future)
間: Between Heaven and Earth | An Installation (Mar 2022)
Choreographer, Director
2022 Thesis presentation, Salisbury University Art Gallery Downtown.
間: Between Heaven and Earth (Aug 2021)
Choreographer, Director, Editor, Cinematographer
2022 MFA Thesis Show “間: Between Heaven and Earth | An Installation” at Salisbury University Gallery Downtown, Salisbury, MD
2021 “The Kintsugi Spirit” Virtual Exhibition on jaccc.org
Ascending from Dust: The Ring Shout (Dec 2021)
Cinematographer
2022 Thesis presentation, Montclair State University
Regeneration (Apr 2021)
Choreographer, Director, Editor, Cinematographer
Forever in Many Directions (Nov 2020)
Director, Performer, Editor, Cinematographer
2020 Nov presented as part of “Forever In Many Directions” month long collective on Instagram in honor of Annie K Blake.
2021 April Selection of Makers in Motion MFA Film Festival, University Of North Carolina – Greensboro, virtual.
Once Distant (Jun 2021)
Collaborative piece with dancers of Advanced Modern class at Dancenter Salisbury.
Choreographer
Outro (Jun 2021)
Choreographer
At First Light (Jun 2019)
Choreographer
Speak to Me (Sep 2006)
Performer
Fifteen minute solo made in collaboration with Tonya Lockyer.
SYMPOSIA
2021 Oct: “Helping Dance Students Cope with the Trauma of the Pandemic”; National Dance Education Organization National Conference, virtual.
2021 Sep: “Exploring the Kintsugi Spirit” Panel Discussion, Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages – Tadaima Conference 2021, virtual.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Art and Science, Neuroaesthetics, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Multi-racial Identity, Cross Cultural Studies, Asian Studies, Body and Earth Ecologies, Environmental Studies
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC AWARDS
Grants
2021 Japanese American Cultural and Community Center’s Artist Grant for virtual exhibition “The Kintsugi Spirit”
Scholarships
2021 Maryland Dance Education Association Continuing Education Scholarship
Academic Awards
2007 Dean’s List, Brigham Young University