I am someone who was born with a less than conservative mind set (yes, I said born with) and, growing up in a very conservative area, I found my life filled with conflict and adversity. At an early age I decided that I wanted to experience people and the world independently from society so I could form my own opinions. Other people telling me how I should think and feel about people who were not like me, never sat very well with me. My adventurous spirit has taken me places most would dare not go.

My experiences have made me an advocate for the persecuted, stereotyped, and misunderstood; the underdog and I have a great appreciation for diversity.

I didn’t always pursue a career in media. I earned a Bachelor's degree in science and a Masters in Management. I have worked in numerous fields, unrelated to the film industry, but have maintained creativeness and art as a hobby, until now.

I began my career as a director when I met Kristen DiAngelo and began writing and directing commercial content for her website. The working relationship that we established resulted in a creative flow of ideas that went beyond content for a website and developed into a documentary about the adult industry, with the potential of a series of documentaries to follow. Thus, the birth of “America Courtesans” and the christening of my journey as a director.

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