CV


ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP & PRODUCTION


Artistic Director & Producer
DTES Heart of the City Festival (Vancouver, BC) | 2024–present
  • Lead programming for 100+ multidisciplinary festival events across 40+ venues
  • Oversee budgets, grant writing, sponsorship, and fundraising
  • Lead teams of 40+ artists, contractors, and volunteers
  • Develop inclusive, low-barrier, equity-informed programming
  • Build partnerships with Indigenous, cultural, and community organizations
  • Ensure accessibility, cultural safety, and trauma-informed practices

Co-Director & Producer
The Mayor of Oz (DTES Heart of the City Festival + partners) | 2024
  • Co-led community-engaged theatre work with 12 DTES performers
  • Facilitated trauma-informed rehearsal and creation processes
  • Managed production logistics, partnerships, and public presentations

Artistic Producer / Associate Programmer
DTES Heart of the City Festival | 2022–2024
  • Supported programming, scheduling, and production logistics
  • Coordinated artists, venues, accessibility, and technical needs
  • Contributed to inclusive community engagement and event delivery

Workshop Facilitator
The Gathering Place Community Centre | 2025
  • Designed and led community performance workshops focused on storytelling, embodiment, and access

Hospitality & Events Professional
Vancouver, BC | 2007–present
  • Events, restaurant service, and operations (Di Beppe, Bao Bei, Savio Volpe, etc.)
  • Staff coordination, customer experience, and high-volume service environments

PERFORMANCE (SELECTED)


Theatre & Live Performance
  • Into the Plastisphere — Creator / Director / Performer (SFU Goldcorp, 2023)
  • The Mayor of Oz — Co-Director / Producer (2024)
  • Maraschino Tonight — Performer (2025)
  • The Welcoming — Performer / Co-creator (2022)
  • Albertine Workout — Performer / Co-creator (2019)

Producing Work
  • LIVE IN HELL — Co-Producer (PTC Kathleen Flaherty Prize, 2025)
  • Leap Year Karaoke — Producer / Host (Culture Saves Lives + Vancouver Moving Theatre)
  • Santi’s Love and Country Fair — Co-Producer (Leaky Heaven, 2024)
  • DTES Heart of the City Festival — Artistic Director / Producer (2024–2025)

Voice / Ensemble
  • Soft Tongues: A Bioacoustic Opera — Performer / Ensemble (rEvolver Festival, 2024)
  • Studio Recording — Choral Performer (2026)

Film
  • META — Lead Actor (BOOOOOOOM TV, 2019)
  • The Garden That You Planted — Lead Actor (Austin LGBTQ+ Film Festival, 2016)

EDUCATION


Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre and Performance — Simon Fraser University (2018–2023)
Film Arts Certificate (Acting) — Langara College (2016)
Bachelor of Applied Interior Design — Mount Royal University (2010–2014)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Pathways Program (EDIA Leadership) — Vantage Point (2025–present)
Clowning & Physical Theatre — Steve Hill / Leaky Heaven (2020, 2023, 2025)
Meisner Technique — Company of Rogues Actors Studio (2019)
Voice & Performance Training — Fitzmaurice / Meisner Integration (2017)

SKILLS


Creative production • Festival management • Trauma-informed facilitation • Budgeting & grant writing • Artist coordination • Community engagement • Performance creation (devised/live/interdisciplinary) • Event logistics • Equity-based leadership
Digital: Eventbrite • FileMaker • Mailchimp • Google Workspace • Adobe InDesign


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