Since I was nine years old, it was never a question that when I grew up, I would make cartoons. But I only wanted to write them, direct them, act in them, and score the soundtrack… that’s it.
I grew up around musicians and artists. My father owned a recording studio on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee called Memphis Sound Productions, so we had instruments out the wazoo, and I developed an expensive habit of collecting and learning all of the instruments. I started writing my own “movie scores” in kindergarten. I also had the privilege of growing up in a very unique music scene as a teenager, which I absolutely treasure. I’m still making music with my high school friends as an adult on the other side of the country.
I earned a BFA in 2D animation and minored in sound design at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where I fell in love with stop-motion. When I moved to Los Angeles, I interned at a studio called Screen Novelties, which led me to Robot Chicken season one. I voiced several characters throughout the years on various projects, and you can hear my voice in several movies, shorts, ads, and shows (some uncredited, shh). I absolutely feel at home in a sound booth.
I started directing commercials and shorts for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios around the same time that I also started writing for LEGO and created the show LEGO DREAMZzz with my husband, Nate. Making cartoons and music has absolutely been my life’s passion, and I don’t plan to stop any time soon. In fact, I might still do it after I die and haunt you with my ghost productions because there is no way my ideas will stop just because my brain does. I’m also curious if anyone is still reading this. Let me know over some coffee.