I was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a construction worker who helped build the World Trade Center and an Italian with serious attitude from Bensonhurst. Growing up inspired by Nintendo game sound effects and Garbage Pail Kids, all I wanted to do was create music and design.

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Through a chance encounter, I found a mentor who taught me the trade of live audio. I spent about 10 years as a live audio engineer, getting to work with and meet many of my favorite bands. If you know Salt Lake's music scene, I was behind the board at The Urban Lounge, Salt Air, Avalon Theatre, Lo-Fi Cafe, and Harry O Park City.

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To give my ears a break, I pivoted to studying design at Salt Lake Community College, which led to a career as an in-house designer, illustrator, and mentor at Spy Hop. Spy Hop teaches teenagers filmmaking, design, and audio engineering—basically everything I love. I spent 13 years there, diving deep into design and animation while helping mentor the next generation of creatives.

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In 2015, I decided to finish my bachelor's degree and created a custom major at Westminster College called Biomedical Visualization—a mix of microbiology, healthcare, and 3D design that somehow made perfect sense to me. I later gave a TEDx Salt Lake City talk about this combination at Abravenal Hall.

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That unique background landed me at Intermountain Healthcare in 2018, where I worked as a 3D animator and designer creating patient education solutions. Two years later, I joined Gantry's team, crafting 3D and 2D animations for clients around the world.

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These days, I'm freelancing as a motion designer while teaching at Salt Lake Community College's visual art and design department and running 3D animation classes at a local high school.

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I'm constantly inspired by seemingly random stuff: 1980s New York, microbiology, early 1900s inventions, architecture, rollerskating, skateboarding culture, graffiti, 90s hip hop, and collecting cassette tapes. My current obsession is A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders.

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