I grew up in the Florida Keys and learned to knit by the ocean.  I have always been interested in traditional crafts and in Southern culture.  As a handspinner, I work to create yarns that are beautiful and functional, but that also incorporate histories and narratives through color, texture, and materials.  I am especially interested in how surrounding our human bodies with animal fibers can be transformative.  I also study visual anthropology as a doctoral candidate at Emory University.