I spent most of the early 90′s dressed head to toe in hot pink , rocking the side ponytail – crayons in tow.  I was a high-energy, non-napper who was a little obsessive about color coordination and extremely detail oreinted.  Not much has changed.  I found my two passions – design and rowing – in high school.  I took as many art classes as I could and became obsessed with French Impressionism, sculpture and graphic design.  Around the same time, I found myself at the lake 6 days a week and eventually became a coxswain for the Junior National Team.  I was fortunate enough to spend summers (and a winter!) at the US OTC in Lake Placid and Chula Vista.

I left my hometown of St. Louis for the University of Virginia where I lived a double life as a coxswain and architecture student.  I continued my competitive rowing career as the varsity coxswain at UVa – winning the head of the Charles and placing second at NCAAs.  Time out of the boat was spent holed up in the a-school for the more-than-occassional all-nighter.  Between these two passions of mine, I saw more sunrises by the age of 22 than most people will see in an entire lifetime.

Upon graduation, I moved to Spain to work for a small firm in Barcelona.  I worked on a few competitions and research in between mojitos and beach days.  After a little backpacking stint and 2 weeks sailing around the Mediterranean, I returned stateside to New York City where I now work as a Project Manager in the Architecture dept at Diane von Furstenberg.