My path to jewelry-making has been anything but straightforward. I began in college pursuing a Fine Arts degree with a focus in graphic design, only to step away before finishing. Years later, I returned to school and pushed myself through an intense academic journey — earning a B.S. in Psychology, an M.S. in Quantitative Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, all in just about five years.

Amid the pressures of academia, I needed a creative refuge — a place where I could slow down, work with my hands, and reconnect with something tangible. Jewelry-making became that space. It started with upcycling old thrifted and Goodwill finds, reimagining broken pieces into something new. As a broke graduate student, I learned to be resourceful, efficient, and inventive — skills that still shape my approach to creating today. What began as a coping mechanism has grown into a practice I deeply love: crafting jewelry that celebrates the raw, imperfect beauty of creativity, and in particular, the natural stones that surround us and the personal stories they carry. Every piece is as much about resilience and transformation as it is about style.