"I have been creating art my whole life and started off as a ceramics artist. I have won awards as a high school student in the medium of ceramics and continued my education studying sculpture at Appalachian State University. I later traveled to Gunnison, Colorado where I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Western State Colorado University. I have my bachelors of fine arts in studio ceramics. My Art degree led me into pursuing a career in jewelry design. I have my certificate in CAD/CAM jewelry design as well as professional jewelry 3-D printing Applications. I studied stone setting at Blaine Lewis New Approach School for Jewelers in Nashville, TN and completed a year long internship at The Precious Gem in Williamsburg, VA. I also have a significant and substantial working knowledge in diamonds, colored gemstones and minerals. As I graduated from college and moved back home to Virginia I stated taking the jewelry side of things more seriously. I now create jewelry daily, and is my full time job and career. I make jewelry for the love, the need and the passion for creating something beautiful for each and every one of my clients."