Despite always thinking I was too shaky to ever tattoo, I found a passion for tattooing late January 2024 after my partner (equipped with needles and tattoo ink) asked me to give him a stick n poke. After that first little hand-poked triangle, I fell in love with the practice of tattooing and began putting a lot of my free time towards researching technique (both handpoke and machine), practicing on trusting family and friends, spending a lot of time practicing machine on fake skin, and building up my supplies to start tattooing for real! After a couple of months, I began tattooing w/ machine on real skin at the end of June! Since then, I’ve learned so so much more about tattooing, through not only practice, but also client experience, peer discussions, and seeing how my work heals.

I love doing fun abstract, swirly and whimsical tattoo designs, florals, abstract line work, and anything with stipple shading.

Art has been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. My creative journey began with an oil pastel cat drawing in kindergarten (a timeless classic) and grew into a lifelong passion for making art in every form I could imagine: painting, textile work, digital design, block printing—you name it. Tattooing is the latest chapter in that story, and it’s quickly become my favorite way to share my creativity with others because there’s something so special about creating art that lives on skin—it’s personal, permanent, and a collaboration between artist and client.

I’m also working on my Master’s in Digital Marketing and Analytics, so I’ve got a soft spot for all things creative strategy, and use a lot of what I learn in my degree to market my tattooing “brand,” something i hope to share with more local tattooers in the future to expand accessible marketing help for artists without the time to learn a whole new industry just to keep the damn instagram machine afloat.