curriculum vitae
Professional Experience
2024 - Current
Freelance Glassblower - Corning, NY, USA
Glassblowing Demonstrator & Narrator - Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY, USA
2026
Glassblower Assistant to Jonathan Swanz; Orchidlands Estates, HI, USA
2025-26
Make-Your-Own-Glass Instructor; The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY, USA
2024
Glassblower Assistant - Studio Murano Art with Giuliano Pinzan; Santa Cruz, Aruba
2023
Glassblower Assistant - Wave Murano Glass with Roberto Beltrami; Venice, Italy
Production Glassblower - Glassybaby; Seattle, WA, USA
Hot Shop Assistant Internship with Dante Marioni; Seattle, WA, USA
Kampa Glass Jam Assistant - Martin Janecký x Preston Singletary; Prague, Czech Republic
Penland Annual Benefit Auction Volunteer - Penland School of Craft; Bakersville, NC, USA
Preston Singletary Studio Installation Assistant - Seattle Art Fair; Seattle, WA, USA
2022
Campus Staff - Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood; WA, USA
Glass Engraving Intern with Fritz Dreisbach; Freeland, WA, USA
Annual Pilchuck Auction Art Handler - Pilchuck Glass School; Seattle, WA, USA
2019
Volunteer Events & Ceramics Studio Assistant - The Crucible; Oakland, CA, USA
Volunteer Event Assistant, Hot Glass Cold Beer - Public Glass; San Francisco, CA, USA
2016-18
Workstudy Gallery Attendant and Events Assistant - Pittsburgh Glass Center; Pittsburgh PA, USA
Teaching Experience
2026
“April Showers Bring…” | Teaching Assistant to Ross Delano - The Studio; Corning, NY, USA
“Roll with it” | Teaching Assistant to Jordana Korsen - The Studio; Corning, NY, USA
2025
“Weekend at Murrines” | Teaching Assistant to Penelope (Rakov) Lee - The Studio; Corning, NY, USA
“Staying Centered” | Teaching Assistant to Dante Marioni & Ben Edols - Pilchuck Glass School; Stanwood, WA, USA
"Introduction to Glassblowing” | Teaching Assistant to Ross Delano - The Studio; Corning, NY, USA
2024
“Keep Calm and Grind” | Teaching Assistant to Chris Giordano - The Studio; Corning, NY, USA
Exhibitions
2025
“Some Assembly Required: A Short, Short History of Goblet Club” Group Exhibition; Burke Room at The Studio; Corning, NY, USA
Residencies, Awards, & Scholarship
2026 (upcoming)
Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass Visionary Scholarship Award (for Experimental Kilnforming with Recycled Glass with Morgan Gilbreath) - Pittsburgh Glass Center; Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Starworks Glass Internship - Starworks; Star, NC, USA
2025
Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass Visionary Scholarship Award (for Creating Medieval Glass with Mathieu Godet)- The Studio; Corning, NY, USA
BIPOC Artist-In-Residence - North Carolina Glass Center; Asheville, NC, USA
2023
Mark Peiser Scholarship Awardee - Penland School of Craft; Bakersville, NC, USA
2019
U.S. Embassy Grants Program Award for Lecture/Demo Series "Glass Days Železný Brod" -
U.S. Embassy; Prague, Czech Republic
2018
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Scholarship Grantee - Fulbright Commission; High School for Applied Arts in Glassmaking, Železný Brod, Czech Republic
Education
2018
Master of Education (M.Ed.) Foreign Language Education
TESOL Certification (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
University of Pittsburgh, School of Education; Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2014
Bachelor of Science (B.S) Psychology, Minor in Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; Pittsburgh, PA, USA