Academic
Ph.D. in Performance as Public Practice
& Portfolio in Native American and Indigenous Studies (2025)
UT Austin
Dissertation: Ecodramaturgies: Re-framing Environmentalist Theories of Change about Plastics, Mining and Climate Change across the Americas
M.F.A. in Performance as Public Practice (2019)
UT Austin
Thesis: The Right to Lead: Contextualizing Power Dynamics in a Play Production Process
B.A. in Human Ecology (2015)
College of the Atlantic
Internship: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Thesis: “The United Nations: A Creative Investigation”
Notable Projects: Environmental Treaty Infographics, Food Sovereignty Primer, Water Rights Primer, Sustianable History Podcast
Professional
R&D Group (2024-2025)
The Civilians
National Puppetry Institute (2024)
Eugene O’Neill Theatre
Candela Summer Playwright Fellowship (2024)
Dramatists Guild, Latinx Theater Commons & NYU
Movement and Object Work Intensive (2019)
Double Edge Theater at UT Austin
Movement and Object Work Winter Intensive (2018)
Double Edge Theater
Movement and Object Work Residency (2015)
Double Edge Theater at College of the Atlantic
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