Salvete! I started speaking Latin as a high school teacher in Georgia shortly after I witnessed the transformative effects of active Latin in an observation at a neighboring school. I then began hungrily cultivating my own spoken proficiency in both Latin and Ancient Greek, participating in immersion events through SALVI and Polis. In 2018 I enrolled in the masters program at the University of Kentucky, where I earned both an M.A. and the certificate from the Institutum Studiis Latinis Provehendis in 2020.

Speaking Latin has radically reoriented my relationship to my interest and studies in the ancient world. In addition to simply improving my faculty with the language, I have met so many wonderful, kind, and inspiring folks whose mere acquaintance enriches me and encourages me to improve and grow in both my own studies as well as my teaching.

I am currently a PhD candidate at Boston University, writing a dissertation on ancient perceptions of the Celts. I am interested in Greek and Roman historiography, particularly in the transmission and reception of the traditional elements of the genre. Since 2022 I have spent my summers in Rome, teaching for Paideia Institute's Living Latin in Rome High School Program, where I not only get to share my love of Latin with brilliant high schoolers, but get to sample as much Italian espresso as my caffeine tolerance will allow. While procrastinating on my dissertation, I enjoy brewing coffee, cooking, mixing drinks, and consuming high fantasy content in books, games or television.