I believe the best journalists have the wonder of an artist and the curiosity of a scientist.

I started out a scientist, but after two years working in a neurobiology lab I learned two things:

I love learning new things,

I loathe sitting at a lab bench all day.

As a photojournalist, I go into each assignment with an open mind. I want to meet people where they are, learn what they have to say and see what their lives are like. And I’ve found that connecting with others comes as naturally as my curiosity to learn more about their slice of the world.

As a double major, I study photojournalism and biology as I aim to photograph the natural world and humans’ impact on it. But as a biology student I also learn how to research, back up claims, create hypotheses and when to ask more questions as I admit the limits of my own knowledge. All of these skills have proven useful as a staff photojournalist for the Columbia Missourian Newspaper.

While photographing for the Columbia Missourian I captured daily news as well as developed my own story ideas. I learn to connect with people through  projects such as my ongoing Saturday Café Story where I photograph people in Columbia’s unhoused community, and I also hone my interviewing skills through an ongoing portrait project photographing people affected by the conflict in Israel and Palestine.

Right now I multi-task between different roles in my life.

I'm a part-time barista, social media manager, photographer and marketer, photojournalist, photo editor, biology student, journalism student . . . *GASP*. . . and at the moment I'm a Fleetwood Mac enthusiast and sometimes a billiards amateur with my friends.

On a rare occasion you might even catch me reading up on the latest Taylor Swift drama ;)

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