Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro PA

Expected Graduation: May 2025

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Applied Media Arts

Concentration: Cinema (Traditional Animation)

Minor: Jewelry and Metals

Focus: Stop Motion Animation

Team Stop Mo Rules, Ranked #4 October 2024 24 Hours Animation Contest

• Work on a team of 5 students to complete a 30 second stop motion film in a 24 hour period

• Create two wire armatures, one bipedal and one quadrupedal

• Fabricate quadrupedal Monster puppet 

• Character animation

• Footstep sound effects

Team i like to mUWUve it mUWUve it, Ranked #78 October 2023 24 Hours Animation Contest

• Lead a team of 5 students to complete a 30 second stop motion film in a 24 hour period 

• Create wire armature and fabricate puppet

• Character and background animation on multiple shots

• Manage and demonstrate equipment and software

• Post-production including sound effects, compiling shots, and color correction

• Compile and edit Behind The Scenes mini-doc

M. A. L. L. Production Assistant February-March 2023

• Assist advanced class in their student film

• Operate TASCAMs connected to Body Mics

• Create prescriptive lighting plots 

• Assist with equipment and lighting during shots

Team Gubblebums, unranked participant October 2022 24 Hours Animation Contest 

• Work on a team of 5 students to complete a 30 second film in a 24 hour period

• Storyboard full film and edit shots together

• In-between, cleanup, and color on multiple shots

• Manage the team and delegate to keep everyone on task

Wegmans Food Markets August 2020-Present

• Produce August 2024-Present, Front End August 2020-August 2024

• Stock, rotate, and cull Produce displays

• Clean displays and back room/cooler

• Collect soon-to-expire products and set aside for local donation

• Close department in evenings

• Process transactions involving various forms of payment

• Serve customers by answering questions, locating product, bagging groceries 

Viscous Independent Film May 2024-August 2024

• Character animation 

• Background animation

• Set fabrication

Youth Program Director, Camping in the Grove August 2023

• Create and run programming for a week-long children's sleep away camp

• Lead daily staff meetings and support Counselors in their roles

• Create daily schedules and adapt them throughout the day as needed

• Work with campus staff on behind-the-scenes duties to create a safe and positive experience for every child in our care

Counselor, Camping in the Grove August 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

• Lead groups of campers in activities and discussions

• Maintain and follow daily schedules, adapting as needed

• Chaperone campers between and during programming

• Manage and work through conflicts between campers

Domino's Pizza April 2018-February 2020

• Process transactions involving various forms of payment

• Serve customers by answering phones, taking and entering orders, and maintaining a clean and tidy store

• Assure quality by assembling orders after cooking and planning delivery routes

CELEBRATE THE ARTIST 16th Annual Gmitter Scholarship Exhibition
selected as a finalist with animation and related materials

HOPE Group Exhibition at the 1020 Collective
selected with Double Incision With Nipple Retention (Buttonhole)

24 Hours Animation Contest for Students 2024
ranked #4 with team Stop Mo Rules for Excellence to Excrement

24 Hours Animation Contest for Students 2023
ranked #78 with team i like to mUWUve it mUWUve it

Metals Club January 2024-Present

Animation Club August 2022-December 2023