“When you start using your personality to serve the greater calling that your soul came here for, nobody can touch you. Because that is what authentic power is.”
I was born and raised in Norwalk, Ohio — a small rural farming community where everyone knows everyone, and there’s not much to do but dream. My childhood was a mix of Catholic school days, volleyball knee pads, 4-H ribbons, and playing five instruments.
(For the uninitiated, 4-H is a national youth development organization that builds leadership and life skills through hands-on projects — in my case, speech competitions and food demos.)
I went to college fully intending to become the next Barbara Walters. (Spoiler: Barbara did not, in fact, step aside.) I majored in broadcast communications and worked at my college radio station as a DJ, News Director, and Operations Director — all while juggling four unpaid internships: classical radio, news radio, NBC Cleveland, and MTV.
It was during my classical radio interview that the station owner said, “You have a great voice.” He handed me a script of the Star-Spangled Banner, pushed me into a booth, and told me I’d do well in voiceover.
I ignored him. Because, you know… Barbara.
After graduation, I pivoted into nonprofit work, city government, and real estate marketing — building community events, managing campaigns, and always circling back to the mic.
When I got married and started a family, voiceover shifted from a side hustle to my anchor. With a baby on the way, I needed a career I could build around my life.
Voiceover gave me that freedom, and I built my home studio — Studio Bricks, Source Connect equipped — to make it real.
As a former college athlete raising two bank-account-draining, “elite travel” athletes of my own, it felt natural to focus my voiceover career on sports promo. But male-dominated sports VO is, well… male dominated.
Despite top-tier training and creative outreach, I kept hitting walls.
During a live promo workshop, an agent finally said it plainly: “The door is barely cracked open for women here. Go make your own noise.”
So I did.
On March 1, 2024, I launched The Building Doors Campaign — a global collaboration of female voice actors reimagining traditionally male-voiced ads and encouraging brands to think beyond the default.
Together, we’re pushing the industry toward a more inclusive, authentic sound. The voice over industry awarded my efforts in 2025 with the Unicorn Award for selfless contributions to the community.
These days, I live in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio with my husband, two kids, and our sheepadoodle Consuelo.
I’m in awe of nature (yes, I’ll watch a documentary before Housewives — I said what I said), have a deep aversion to unfinished wood (we listen, and we don’t judge), and am a proud Cleveland sports fan (tortured, but proud).
