ABOUT ME

How I Got Here

As a journalist, I love telling stories...including my own. The path to where I am today has been an up-and-down rollercoaster as it is for many college students. In fact, I didn't even want to become a journalist until my junior year of high school. I wasn't specifically a news journalist until my junior year of college. 

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I grew up in Castle Rock, Colorado my entire life until moving out to the University of Missouri for college. Mizzou has become a second home to me the minute I walked through the six marble columns on the quad. I wasn't even looking at MU for journalism until my mom decided she thought I should tour it and like most moms...she was right. Attending one of the most renowned and advanced journalism schools in the country has been an honor to say the least. 

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Through the Missouri Method, I was able to report weekly for KOMU 8 News (NBC) and also create visualizing graphics for the Columbia Missourian.

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Thanks to the work I was able to accomplish at KOMU 8, I landed my first job outside college with WSLS 10 News in Roanoke, Virginia. There I was able to tell the stories of people living in Southwest Virginia. It felt a little like home with being in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains but they're still no Rocky Mountains.

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When I'm not in the newsroom you can find me spending time with friends or talking with family back home. The only reason you wouldn't find me there is if a Denver Broncos football game were on. In that case, my eyes are glued to the television. 

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I believe there is a lot of good in the world that people don't talk about or tend to forget. It's one of the reasons I fight to tell compelling and emotional stories. News outlets today are filled with such dark and sad content that I think the stories of good people doing good things should be just as important. 

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I am excited to see where my story continues to go. It's adding a new line to my script, a new sequence to my timeline, and a new element to my journey. 

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