An American actress and director, who grew up in different parts of Georgia, Tennessee, and New Mexico and graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in Literature with Honors in Theater Arts. After school, she spent nine years in Chicago to establish her career in acting and filmmaking. She also worked for four years teaching sexual violence prevention in the US Navy. She then moved to New York City to obtain a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Juilliard. She is known for Atoms of Ashes (2018), Ladies First (2018), But Not Like That (2018), and Fallout (2009-2010).