curriculum vitae
Professional Experience
2025 - Current
Make-Your-Own-Glass Instructor; The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY, USA
2024 - Current
Glassblowing Demonstrator & Narrator - Corning Museum of Glass; Corning, NY, USA
Freelance Glassblower - Corning, NY, USA
2024
Glassblower Assistant - Studio Murano Art; Santa Cruz, Aruba
2023
Glassblower Assistant - Wave Murano Glass; 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
2016-8
Workstudy Gallery Attendant and Events Assistant - Pittsburgh Glass Center; Pittsburgh PA, USA
Teaching Experience
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
2025
Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass Visionary Scholarship - 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; 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