fun facts
I was born in Kansas with a cleft palate and survived heart failure when I was 2 years old.
At age 5, I made my parents a deal that if they let me start piano lessons I would continue all the way through high school (yes, that deal stuck).
My first theatrical experience was around age 8 when I was cast as one of the many children in a high school production of The King & I.
After 4th grade I moved to Arkansas. Two weeks into the school year, I skipped 5th grade.
I played oboe from 6th grade into college. During high school I became a 3-year All-State oboist, and I was offered more scholarship money to play oboe in college than I was to sing.
Throughout high school I was a total band nerd and went on to become the colorguard captain in the marching band for 2 years.
I didn't have my second theatrical experience until after my sophomore year of high school when I attended Arkansas Rep’s first-ever Summer Musical Theater Intensive.
The next summer I discovered Oklahoma City University’s summer musical theater camp and played Eponine in the high school version of Les Miserables. For me, that was my first true experience in musical theater, and I went on to attend OCU for college.
I also danced all through high school and had dreams of becoming a professional ballerina.
I was my high school's Salutatorian and graduated college Summa Cum Laude.
My first collegiate summer was spent competing in the Miss Arkansas pageant where I placed in the Top 10 and won Overall Talent, Evening Gown and Swimsuit on my preliminary nights.
While performing in Allegiance on Broadway I reconnected with a fellow OCU alum, and on 10.13.19 he and I got married.
At age 5, I made my parents a deal that if they let me start piano lessons I would continue all the way through high school (yes, that deal stuck).
My first theatrical experience was around age 8 when I was cast as one of the many children in a high school production of The King & I.
After 4th grade I moved to Arkansas. Two weeks into the school year, I skipped 5th grade.
I played oboe from 6th grade into college. During high school I became a 3-year All-State oboist, and I was offered more scholarship money to play oboe in college than I was to sing.
Throughout high school I was a total band nerd and went on to become the colorguard captain in the marching band for 2 years.
I didn't have my second theatrical experience until after my sophomore year of high school when I attended Arkansas Rep’s first-ever Summer Musical Theater Intensive.
The next summer I discovered Oklahoma City University’s summer musical theater camp and played Eponine in the high school version of Les Miserables. For me, that was my first true experience in musical theater, and I went on to attend OCU for college.
I also danced all through high school and had dreams of becoming a professional ballerina.
I was my high school's Salutatorian and graduated college Summa Cum Laude.
My first collegiate summer was spent competing in the Miss Arkansas pageant where I placed in the Top 10 and won Overall Talent, Evening Gown and Swimsuit on my preliminary nights.
While performing in Allegiance on Broadway I reconnected with a fellow OCU alum, and on 10.13.19 he and I got married.
