I received my bachelor's degree in journalism, with an emphasis on photojournalism, and my master's degree in communication from the University of Wyoming.

I am a social justice photographer. My photography includes Denver based sex workers, incarcerated people in the  in the Wyoming correctional system, and LGBTQ communities. I believe highlighting the realities of fringe communities in society is extraordinarily important in counteracting damaging stereotypes. 

Publications

• Articles in the Laramie Boomerang
  • 'A desire to change:' Pathways from Prison program provides opportunity for inmates
  • Always climbing upward: New director seeks enhanced communication, integrated training model
    
• Publication of exhibit materials for fundraising event; End Modern Day Slavery: A Night to Join the Cause; Street’s Hope; November 9, 2017
• Cover photography, Women of the street: How the criminal justice-social services alliance fails women in prostitution, NYU Press, February 2017; ISBN 9781479841943

Exhibits

• “Transformation through Education,” – April 5, 2018; exhibit for Wyoming Pathways from Prison fundraising event
• “Telling my story because it needs to be told”: A photo-ethnography with Denver women in the sex industry – November 9, 2017; End Modern Day Slavery: A Night to Join the Cause; Street’s Hope
• “Telling my story because it needs to be told”: A photo-ethnography with Denver women in the sex industry – April 6-9, 2016; Shepard Symposium on Social Justice
• “Telling my story because it needs to be told”: A photo-ethnography with Denver women in the sex industry – October 10-December 12, 2015; University of Wyoming Coe Library
• “Telling my story because it needs to be told”: A photo-ethnography with Denver women in the sex industry – permanent digital exhibit; https://www-lib.uwyo.edu/digital/exhibits/exhibits/show/sex_workers

Fellowships, Awards, & Nominations

• Fabulous Fieldwork award nomination, University of Wyoming Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards – October 2017
• Larsh Bristol Memorial Fellowship Award in Photojournalism – May 2015

Professional Development

• Participate in the yearly Image Deconstructed workshop, 2018/2019
• Attend and present at the Visual Communication Conference, 2016
• Member of Society of Professional Journalists and National Press Photographers Association

Teaching Experience

• Guest instructor, University of Wyoming Information Technology Training program, 2016-2018
  • Photoshop Basics workshop, Image Editing for the Web, GIMP Basics, GIMP Intermediate

Lectures

• Guest lecturer, photographing and living with Denver-based sex workers; University of Wyoming: Gender and Women’s Studies Program, Department of Communication and Journalism
  • 2018 – February 21
  • 2016 – September 23, October 17
  • 2015 - October 14, 21, 28

Public Presentations

• Shepard Symposium on Social Justice, “Two views of the razor wire fence: Photography from inside Wyoming prisons” – April 13, 2018
• The Visual Communication Conference, “Telling my story because it needs to be told” – Jun 22-25, 2016
• Shepard Symposium on Social Justice, “Telling my story because it needs to be told”  – April 8, 2016
• Laramie Zonta Club, photography of Denver sex workers  – March 24, 2016.
• University of Wyoming Women’s History Month presenter, sharing the life of Denver sex workers – March 22, 2016
• Pulling Roots podcast, Women Sex Workers of Denver With Dr. Susan Dewey And Wendy Perkins – October 23, 2015
• Reception and presentation of “Telling my story because it needs to be told” exhibit -
  October 15, 2015; University of Wyoming Coe Library