Principle Intimacy Professionals (PIP)

• Completed Phase 1 of PIP’s SAG•AFTRA accredited Launchpad Training Program which meets all requirements outlined by both SAG•AFTRA and ACTRA as to the minimum training and qualifications intimacy coordinators
• Participated in Phase 2 of PIP’s Launchpad Training Program in Toronto, OT
• Topics include: Union policies and best practices for film and theatre; Power dynamics, production roles, and communication on set; Choreography; Kit preparation, modesty wear; Paperwork, prep, contracts, and riders; Mental Health First Aid applications; Sex education basics; Unique protocols and Case studies

Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC)

• Learned the philosophies, practice, and fundamentals of staged intimacy according to IDC including consent, communication, reporting structures, and working with children from a variety of educators in both multi-week courses and 90-minute webinars

National Society of Intimacy Professionals (NSIP)

• Studied various staging and masking techniques for intimacy in several 3-hour courses including Choreographing and Masking Intimate Scenes, Choreographing Kink, and Prosthetics SFX and Intimacy

Intimacy Directors International (IDI)

Location: New York, NY

• Attended in-person workshops on choreography and consent taught by Samantha Kaufman

Other Intimacy Specific Training

• Additional training from organizations including Theatrical Intimacy Education, Intimacy for Stage & Screen, Moving Body Arts, Babes with Blades Theater Company, and Humble Warrior Movement Arts

Tiny Buddha Yoga

Location: Ann Arbor, MI

• Participated in a Yoga Alliance accredited Yoga Teacher Training
• Topics include: Ashtanga yoga; Anatomy & alignment; Physical & verbal adjustments; Pranayama (breathwork); Meditation; History & theory of yoga; Yoga & emotional wellness

Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health (MOASH)

• Attended the 2021 Exploring Disability and Sexual Health Virtual Youth Summit which aimed to educate community members about sexual health for disabled youth and caregivers through a series of peer-lead workshops

National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC)

• Participated in workshop about The Theory and Practice of Mediation where we practiced mediating conflicts by engaging in role-play

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)

• Completed 2 Adult MHFA Certifications (to be renewed every 2 – 3 years)
• Completed Youth MHFA

Vassar College

Location: Poughkeepsie, NY

• Earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with an emphasis in Women & Queer Studies and Decolonial History
• Minored in Film with a duel focus in production and film theory
• Created 6 department sponsored short films including My Queer Questions, Dancing To Commentary, and Cinéma Very Gay
• Wrote an independent research paper on Gender Construction and the Gaze in Deepa Mehta’s Fire under the mentorship of Sophia Harvey, Ph.D. which used psychoanalytic theory to understand the construction of gendered relationships in the 1996 Indian-Canadian film Fire
• Recorded a thesis project, Identity, which featured interviews from queer women discussing their identities and gender expression and how those helped or hurt them in their search for community

SIT: International Honors Program: Human Rights: Foundations, Challenges, & Advocacy

Location: Kathmandu, Nepal; Amman, Jordan; and Santiago, Chile

• Learned about issues including human trafficking, women’s rights, refugee rights, indigenous rights, & LGBTQIA+ rights in a multicultural context
• Wrote thesis How The World Is Divided In Two: An Examination Of Social Justice Filmmaking, Economic Investment, Global Autonomy, And Individual Ability examining my experience researching filmmaking in each country