The threshold of a defining moment is knowing that very moment will affect you forever... And embracing it. As an artist I look for those defining moments in my work and in my life. I count and cherish them. I want to experience and learn how to apply those defining moments to my craft. I want to make the best contribution to the arts as I can. I am most passionate when immersed in the depth of the moment. I know my purpose, where I should be and what I should be doing. It is a gift.
Inspiration lies within the experinces of ones life, good things and bad things. True inspiration evokes raw emotion. It makes you laugh and feel real love or cry and feel real pain. The craft is in applying reality towards an artificial moment and feeling it's truth. Memories of the past are a part of what I draw on to create the best of what I love. What was once painful brings me joy. There's power in that. I know what my passion is, what I was meant for in this life. I feel it physically, through to the depths of my soul.
I was born the year of the Ox, when President Nixon announced that a peace accord had been reached in Vietnam, a war they never should have been in.
I was raised as a member on the Okanagan Indian Reserve. I am of Okanagan and French Canadian decent.I am a Mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend. As well I write, perform, model, and am a novice filmmaker and photographer. I have graduated from Media and Communications General Arts and Sciences in Ottawa, have my first year Social Work from NVIT and trained in acting in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. I have poetry pubished in three anthologies - Gatherings XII, Our Words Our Revolutions and Waiting to Soar. I am a working model and posed in many regional ads as well was featured on the Cognos.com website including it's international websites. I have been an actor for 16 years in theatre,a theatre director for 6 years and theatre program director for 3 years. I began making the cross over into film and television 4 years ago with a few short films and commercials including a national ad for Anti-Smoking. My latest on camera roles were in "Legacy" and "A Spiritual Land Claim".
My most rewarding role has been that of mother. It is a multi talented, multifacited role that constantly grows. My children continually help me practice my craft by providing a spectrum of emotions and experiences for which I can draw upon within my proverbial "tool belt".