About Me: I'm a native of Tennesse and current resident of Asheville, NC (although I put Charlotte up because Asheville was not listed in the number of locations where modeling/acting auditions are held). Formerly homeschooled, I'm a UNC-Asheville alumnus who graduated in May 2008 with a BA in Literature (Concentration Creative Writing, Minor Mass Communications) and currently am enrolled in the same university's Master of Liberal Arts program. I'm also a Creative Staff Intern for We Art the People, a non-profit organization working to network and enhance public exposure for local artists in the Western North Carolina region. I love cinema and it is my dream to make films as an actor/writer/producer/director, while modeling and publishing poetry/photography on the side. My interests include watching/collecting/studying/discussing films and film history, acting, modeling, writing (poetry/memoirs/treatments/screenplays), photography, digital video cinematography, theater, nature & gardening, space, weather, aircraft, world mythology, philosophy, long walks/hikes, dancing, swimming, gym workouts, martial arts, and sword collection/practice. Currently I am looking for paid modeling/acting gigs within my area, while reading poetry at poetry slams, advertising my modeling/photographic art online and at charity fundraisers, and best of all, writing a screenplay and shooting lavish DV stock footage for a science-fiction/fantasy/horror epic that I'm writing for my MLA Creative Writing Project.

Short Resume: DANCING STUDENT
August 1997 - Dec. 1999
Robert Ivey Ballet (Ballet/Tap)
Charleston Dance Studio, Charleston, SC

STAGE ACTOR
August 1997 - Dec. 1999
(Children's Theatre Productions)
- "Boston Tea Party" (Sup. Role - Colonial Rebel)
- "The Magical Nose" (Sup. Role - Wiseman #2)
- "The Kabuki Gift" (Sup. Role - Wedding Guest)
Dock St. Theatre, Charleston, SC

FILMMAKING STUDENT June - July 2003
Writer/Director/Actor/Gaffer/Boom Operator
North Carolina School of the Arts
Summer Course in Filmmaking
Winston-Salem, NC

PERFORMANCE STUDIES STUDENT Aug. - Dec. 2004
DRAM 179.001: Performance Studies
Instructor: Laura Facciponti
UNC-Asheville (Drama Department)

VIDEO PRODUCTION STUDENT
Jan. - May 2005
Sound Designer/Boom Operator/Location Manager
VMP 205.001: Basic Video Production
Instructor: Ben Erlandson
UNC-Asheville (MCOM Department)

EDIT. STAFF MEMBER/PUBLISHED POET
Jan. - May 2006
Headwaters Creative Arts Magazine
UNC-Asheville (LIT/LANG Department)

SCREENWRITING STUDENT Aug. - Dec. 2006
VMP 385: Introduction to Screenwriting
Instructor: Hal Marienthal
UNC-Asheville (MCOM Department)

TV-MUSIC SHOW HOST Jan. - Feb. 2007
Mount Dungeon (Underground Music Series)
URTV Channel 20
Executive Offices - City of Asheville

PLAYWRIGHT
April 2007
"Dance of the Reeds" (Original One-Act Play)
PLAYgarize This! (Flood Arts Gallery)
LANG 365.001: Playwriting Workshop
Instructor: David B. Hopes
UNC-Asheville (LIT/LANG Department)

WARDROBE CREW MEMBER April & Oct. 2007
- "The Philadelphia Story" (Carol Belk Theatre)
- "Jungalbook" (Diana Wortham Theatre)
Theatre UNC-Asheville (DRAM Department)

BARITONE Aug. - Dec. 2005 & 2007
University Singers
Lipinsky Auditorium
UNC-Asheville (MUSC Department)

VOICE PROD. STUDENT Aug. - Oct. 2007
DRAM 103: Voice Production Lab I
Instructor: Laura Facciponti
UNC-Asheville (DRAM Department)

ACTING STUDENT
Aug.2007 - May 2008
DRAM 111: Acting I (Instructor: Danelle Cauley)
DRAM 212: Acting II (Instructor: David Novak)
UNC-Asheville (DRAM Department)

ASSISTANT CAMERAMAN/PRODUCER
Aug. - Dec 2007
"Dykes of the Round Table" (Documentary)
VMP 303.001: Video Workshop I
Instructor: Anne E. Slatton
UNC-Asheville (MCOM Department)

FILM ACTOR (Student Video Productions) Nov. 2007
- Couch (Lead Role - Mover #1)
- Career Comeback (Sup. Role - Eric Weingraph)
- Bloody Broadway (Extra - Funeral Mourner)
UNC-Asheville (MCOM Department)

PERFORMING POET
- Open-Mic Nights (Thursdays 8-10:30 P.M.)
- Lexington Ave. Arts & Fun Festival (Sept. 9th, 2007)
Spoken Word Poetics
- Dripolator Coffeehouse (2007-2008)
- Firestorm Cafe & Books (2009-)

STAGE ACTOR
Carol Belk Theatre, UNC-Asheville (DRAM Department)
"Haunted Theatre"
(Sup. Role - "Man-Tree Monster") Oct. 2007
"An American Classroom"
(Sup. Role - Student #7) Dec. 2008
North Carolina Stage Company (NCSC)
"The Crucible" reading
(Sup. Role - Cheever) April 2008
"The Tempest" reading
(Sup. Role - Alonso) Sept. 2008
"Much Ado about Nothing"
(Sup. Role - Borachio/Friar Francis) Sept. 2008

MODEL:
Faces of Asheville (Portrait Documentary) 2008
Lexington Ave. Arts and Fun Festival 2008
Photography FX.com 2008-2009
Aaron Pawlak Photography 2008
Taylor Miller Photography 2008
Images by Alexander Richards 2009
Frank Brady Photography 2009
Spiral Galleries 2009
BSA Fashion Show, UNC-Asheville 2009
DAR Photography 2009
Rojoh Media 2009
Fine Arts League for the Carolinas 2009