My images search for the psychological narrative at work beneath the surface and strive to inspire empathy for forgotten populations. I majored in cultural anthropology at Barnard and later earned a masters degree in broadcast journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in Los Angeles. My thesis project was a documentary film called I Would Like to Tell You about a Cambodian donut shop owner and her tale of survival during the Khmer Rouge.

After a few years of editing documentary films and TV shows, I focused my attention on becoming a photojournalist. I studied photography extensively at UCLA, Santa Monica College, and the International Center of Photography. I have participated in workshops with VII in Cambodia, Jay Seldin in Cuba, and most recently Harvey Stein in India.

I’m currently working on a few long-term documentary projects, including one exploring the American foster care system. Foster care affects nearly half a million children and families in the United States annually. My series follows adult survivors of this system and the cycle of loss repeated with their own children. My intention is to call attention to a group that is often stigmatized, and to hold space for the complexity of their stories.

I am also developing a project in India. Stay tuned…