Aloha! I am a nontraditional, first-generation graduate student in my final year at the Institute for Astronomy (IfA), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. I am broadly interested in many things related to stellar astrophysics and exoplanetary science. My thesis work uses photometric data from space missions like Kepler & TESS to better understand stars and planets.

I was born and raised in Upstate NY outside the quaint town of Woodstock. My trajectory into astronomy was very non-linear, beginning after an 8-year-long fashion modeling career out of New York City. I received a B.Sc. in physics and a B.Sc. in mathematics (with focuses on statistics and applied mathematics) from SUNY Albany in 2016. I am most fortunate for my undergraduate research experience working with Bruce Macintosh, who ultimately inspired me to pursue a Ph.D. in astronomy.