THIS IS MY DREAM COME TRUE.

I'VE WORKED SO HARD TO GET HERE.

I GREW UP IN THE BEAUTIFUL HILLS OF EAST TENNESSEE. IF YOU ASK ANYONE I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH, THEY COULD TELL YOU I ALWAYS HAD A CAMERA ATTACHED TO MY HAND. IT TRULY STARTED WHEN I WAS LIKE 4. I WATCHED THE MOVIE STEPMOM A MILLION TIMES AND I KNEW JULIA ROBERTS' CHARACTER WAS EXATLY WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP.

WHEN I WAS 8, I GOT MY FIRST CAMERA. LITERALLY DID MY FIRST NEWBORN SESSION AT 10 YEARS OLD. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WAS TAKING AND EDITING MYSPACE PICTURES FOR EVERYONE IN SCHOOL. IN HIGH SCHOOL, I TOOK JOURNALISM 8 FREAKIN' TIMES AND GOT A TRULY WONDERFUL BASE PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATION DURING MY TIME IN YOAKLEY'S MAGICAL CLASSROOM.

I'VE BEEN CHASING THIS MY WHOLE LIFE AND I HOPE NO ONE EVER THINKS FOR A MOMENT THAT I TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME TO GET TO CONNECT WITH SUCH BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. I LIVE FOR MAKING PEOPLE FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES AND BEING A BUILDING BLOCK IN THEIR SELF CONFIDENCE JOURNEY. CAPTURING CANDID MOMENTS AND ENERGY IS SOMETHING I AM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT. IT'S ART. I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL. TRULY, ENDLESSLY GRATEFUL.