Education

2013     MFA, Photography and Digital Media, University of Houston
2010     BFA in Studio Art, Lamar University

Exhibi
2015      Off the Web, On the Wall 3, SPE National Office, Cleveland, OH
2015     Aurora Artist Residency Exhibition, Sojourn Montrose, Houston, TX
2015     Lonestar Montgomery Faculty Exhibition, Conroe, TX
2014     SPE South Central Show, Middle Tennessee State University,
              Murfreesboro, TN
2013     Fotofest Booth Display, TX Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX
              Moving/Still, Fotofest and Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
              35th MFA Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Museum, Houston, TX
              Salon des Refuses, Blue Orange Contemporary, Houston, TX
              Oracles of the Auric, Caroline Collective, Houston, TX
2012     UHPSA Art Crawl Exhibition, Nance St Gallery, Houston, TX
             The Surrealist Influence on Contemporary Photography, The Hideout Theatre Austin, TX
2011     Art from the Land of the Cougars, Blue StarLAB, San Antonio, TX 
2010     10:10 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
              Selected Display-Lamar Art Offices, Beaumont, TX
2009     Lamar Art Show, The Barking Dog, Beaumont, TX
2008     Photography from Lamar Exhibition, The Barking Dog, Beaumont, TX
              Run, Paint, Run. Lamar Orange, Orange, TX
2007     Texas Emerging Artist Exhibition, Kerville, TX
2006     Le Grande Ball, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
              Texas State Art Festival Exhibition, Kerville, TX




Awards/Honors

2015     SPESC Adjunct Faculty Assistance Grant, Society for Photographic Education
             Aurora Artist Residency, Houston, TX
2013     SPESC Student Travel Scholarship, Society for Photographic Education 
2011     Doctoral Student Tuition Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2010     GATF Fellowship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
              Joan Wich Scholarship, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2009     Friends of the Arts Scholarship, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
2007     Texas Emerging Artist- Best in Photography,TX State Art Festival, Kerville, TX
2006     Eleanor Poetry Award, Pulse Magazine, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

Press

2013     35th Annual Master’s Thesis Exhibition at Blaffer Art Museum, Glasstire Debra Barrera
              glasstire.com/2013/04/10/35th-annual-masters-thesis-exhibition-at-blaffer-art-museum/ 
2010     Art Feature in November Issue, LOBA Magazine

Lectures and Panels

2015     Artist Lecture: All of Our Secrets are the Same, Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2015     Artist Lecture: Damp Earth Secrets, AUM Liberal Arts Conference Southern Studies, Auburn University Montgomery, AL
2012     Lecture: Stains, Ashes, and Halos: The Haunting Poetic of Southern Mythology, SPESC Conference, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
              Panel:  Swim Don’t Sink: An Open Forum of Tips, Strategies and Lessons for Graduate Students Teaching, SPESC Conference, Mississippi State                               University, Starkville, MS
              Panel:  Pop up Clubs: Promoting and Sustaining Interest in Photography through Clubs,   SPESC Conference, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS