In 2019 I saw a ukulele player on TV and thought: I wanted to be her. So I got a ukulele. Voice lessons came next, then piano, then guitar — all outside of school, on top of chorus and theater. Voice is the one I've stuck with longest, and it's still my strongest instrument.

I really love music theory — it helps you understand why things are happening in music, which is really fun. That's part of why I bring theory into every lesson I teach, even for beginners. It makes everything else make more sense.

I'm in Advanced Chorus and Belé Voche, I've done LGPE and the All-State Chorus pathway, and I've sung the national anthem at school events with the same trio since 7th grade. My biggest accomplishment so far is getting the lead role of Ariel in my high school's production of Footloose — three shows, somewhere around 600 to 700 people total. I've also performed as a paid backup vocalist for Elton John and Billy Joel tribute shows.

Teaching wasn't really the plan. I needed a job, so in August 2024 I started working the front desk at a music school in Buford. A few months in, I had my own students, and I've really enjoyed it. I've taught piano, ukulele, and voice there ever since, kept every one of my students through the school changing hands, and I've started teaching private lessons out of my family's home in Flowery Branch too.

There's not that many other things I enjoy so much that I'm also good at. But I feel like I'm good at music. I'm a good musician. That's what I want for my students too.