Education

2009 Hunter Graduate School of Social Work New York, NY

Masters of Social Work

2005 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Exhibitions

Salon Show at Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY        Oct 2011

“Postcards from the Edge” Exhibition for Visual AIDS benefit at James

Cohan Gallery, New York, NY Dec. 2007 

“Desideratum” Group Exhibition at Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ. Sept 2007

Apr 2007 Group Exhibition at Art Gotham, New York, NY.  April 2007

Group Exhibition at Identity House, “Solidarity and Diversity”, I Gallery,

New York, NY Sept 2006

Group Exhibition at The Cue Foundation for a benefit for the Nurture Art

Gallery, New York, NY. June 2006.

Group Exhibition at Organization of Independent Artists,

OIA Gallery, New York, NY. Nov 2005

2005 “Postcards from the Edge” Exhibition for Visual AIDS benefit at the

Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY Nov. 2005

Screening of the film “Trans” at the Gene Siskel Film Center,

Chicago, IL. May 2005.

Annual Juried Photo Competition, exhibit at Stebbins Gallery,

Cambridge, MA August 2004

“New Mother” Solo Exhibition, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA June 2004

Publications

“Transubstantiation of Leaves” (B/W Medium Format, 2005) published in Art

Extracts 2006

“Mom on the D Train” (Cibochrome, 1998) published in the International

Library of Photography.  2002

Teaching Experience

2010-2012                   The Door~ A Center For Alternatives                               NY, NY

Developed and facilitated weekly photographic workshops for runaway and homeless youth and

LGBTQ youth to help them develop mastery in the genres of street, self-portraits, landscape,

fashion, portraiture and documentary and with both analog and digital media. Taught youth how to edit, matte, frame and curate their photograph work for 2011 exhibition at The Door.

2009-2010              Metropolitan Community Church of New York                    NY, NY

Developed and taught landscape, self-portraiture and street photography workshops for LGBTQ

homeless youth. Recipient of the Puffin Grant Award to develop a photography project based on

being transgender.

2005-2006                                Visions Services for the Blind                               NY, NY

Initiated and conducted “Painting With Light” photography, narrative sculpture, and art therapy

workshops for after school program for visually impaired teenagers.