By day, I work with college students who have learning differences at Villa Maria College, and by life, I'm an artist. Creative expression is paramount in everything I do: in my paintings, in my pageant life, and in my community service initiative, ALLtrue. Let me break down those three things for you.

As a traditional artist, trained at Ringling College of Art and Design, I specialize in painting from life, and I’m particularly drawn to portraiture, with a focus on women and the many lenses of femininity. I love art because it allows me to recreate on a page the unique way that I see the world, the way a photograph never could. I’ve sold my work at conventions and art festivals (from the Buffalo Horror Garage Sale to the Chautauqua Institute Art in the Park festival) and have had pieces featured in several juried gallery exhibitions across New York.

I’ve been competing in the Miss America Opportunity since 2022 and have held the titles of Miss Upstate New York 2022, Miss Syracuse 2023, and Miss Finger Lakes 2024, and I’ve grown to love and embrace the four points of the crown: success, service, scholarship, and style. I strive to use them in my everyday life, especially growing as a creative communicator.

My community service initiative, ALLtrue, began with my younger brother, AJ. While others labeled him as “autistic,” growing up I simply knew him as my joyful, goofy brother. As I grew older, I realized that while AJ understood the world in his own way, the world didn’t always understand him. I became an “AJ translator,” learning to reframe language, adjust expectations, and create space for mutual understanding. The communication tools I developed as AJ’s older sister inspired me to create ALLtrue, a learning initiative built on the belief that the burden of communication should not fall solely on autistic individuals; true inclusion requires shared effort from the allistic (non-autistic) community.