Originally from Minnesota, USA, I have always been fascinated and intrigued by sounds, tonal production and music. I started out on my own musical journey by teaching myself how to play the piano and went on to study voice and music education at the University of Arts, Berlin. I have both degrees of 1. and 2. Staatsexamen.

For further developing my vocal skills, I studied voice with the late Cornelius Reid in NYC, mastermind behind the functional method of teaching voice. I had a scholarship to study at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock.

I worked as a teacher at the International Nelson Mandela School in Berlin where I refined my teaching and didactic skills and learned to master the beautiful unpredictability of working with children. Since 2004 I have been teaching voice alongside singing in various professional ensembles; including Vocal Consort Berlin, GewandhausKammerchor Leipzig, Collegium Vocale Gent.

Since 2010 I have been working regularly as a voice/language coach for individuals, helping prepare actors, young and old, for commercials. Mostly I have been collaborating with the renown add agency Jung von Matt. Clients include Netflix, Obi, Zalando, Dial Soap, Netto, Edeka, Ergo, Rockwool, Ionos, Otto, just to name a few.

As a unique specialist for preparing lips for dubbing pre shoot and while shooting, I am often asked on set to make sure that what the actors are saying in a variety of languages can be perfectly used for post production lip synchronization. The skill of being able to draw from a variety of stress reducing skills and understanding vocal tonal production, has helped me shape my unique approach to working with individuals.

I also coach and direct children for commercial shoots. (Clients: Netto, Obi, Mamba)