Artist’s Statement
I write teleplays and screenplays that are comedic but never mean-spirited, touching but never sappy. I believe in the creation of media that is positive at its core, if also not a little R-rated. There is so much more I could say, but: Woman, mother, dreamer. Those are the things that influence the work I aspire to make. There is a huge wave of content happening right now that’s centered around women protagonists, and in turn, audiences are finally getting a chance to see real representations of the wide spectrum femininity on screen. There is someone out there for every woman to relate to — and if there isn’t one yet, there should be.
I certainly can’t speak for all women and all women writers, but I can speak for what it is to be imperfect and live an imperfect life. For me, for most of us, that’s where the story is. Not in the glossy veneers and the posturing, but in the cracks. Those glimpses of the imperfections within all of us that we desperately want to hide, but always require to be seen despite our insistence otherwise.
Awards and Recognitions
2024 The Broad Humor Film Festival
Best Series Script, The Sex Witch of Templecombe
2024 Oil Valley Film Festival
Finalist, Mia and the Muse
2022 The Southern California Screenplay Competition
Finalist, Series Pilot, East Nodaway
2020 Launch Pad – Pilots
Top 100, Undone
2020 Omaha Film Festival
Best Nebraska Screenplay and Best Series Pilot, Undone
2020 Atlanta Film Festival
Semi-Finalist, Series Pilot, In the Gutter
2019 NBC Writers on the Verge
Top 6%
2019 John Milius Screenwriting Award from TalNexus
Finalist, Series Pilot, Undone
2019 Omaha Film Festival
Finalist, Short Screenplay, Head On
2018 Oaxaca Film Festival
Finalist, Short Screenplay, Mad Rush
2018 Venice Short Film Festival
Finalist, Micro Screenplay, Mistaken
2018 Berlin Flash Film Festival,
Best Micro Screenplay, Mistaken
2018 Omaha Film Festival
Best Nebraska Screenplay and Best Short Screenplay, Mad Rush
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing – Creative Non Fiction
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska
Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing – Stage and Screen
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska