An all-American girl at heart, I was raised in a small town just a few hours outside the city. At eighteen, I packed up and moved myself to New York, and I’ve called it home ever since.

I’m a student, writer, model, and entrepreneur, which means my desk is usually covered in an improbable combination of books, half-finished ideas, beauty products, and at least three cups of tea. I’m deeply ambitious, but hopelessly susceptible to anything beautiful, interesting, or slightly impractical.

I’m an avid reader with a particular weakness for classical literature, mythology, and philosophy—especially the sort of book that follows you around for days after you’ve finished it. I can happily lose an afternoon wandering through a museum, and I’m endlessly fascinated by people who know something I don’t.

I also have a tendency toward rather intense hyperfixations. Give me an interesting subject and I’ll disappear down the rabbit hole until I know far more about it than any reasonable person needs to. Lately, artificial intelligence has become one of those fascinations. I’m captivated by the strange intersection of technology and humanity, how quickly the world is changing, what we’ll create next, and what all of it might mean for the way we live, work, make art, and connect with one another.

Music occupies another large corner of my life. I play guitar, love discovering new artists, and have a soft spot for evenings when someone puts on an album and we actually listen to it from beginning to end.