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.