About

I'm a feminist, creative, and a person living with hearing loss. I enjoy the challenges of being a stranger exposed to new circumstances. As an L.A. native, traveling and approaching strangers has taught me courage, flexibility, and the ability to adapt. It's my long-term goal to continue to develop skills in environmental & travel portraiture. 

I’ve been working as a photographer on and off for over a decade. I studied under documentary artist Lauren Greenfield and worked at the Palm Springs Photo Festival, the Lucie Foundation, and countless other organizations and events. I curated and host Downtown Los Angeles photo tours for tourists from all over the world. I founded a business that offered photographic services for online dating profiles.

My background is in community organizing, so when I travel I love to use my camera to tell a story, to make me feel something, to learn to see, to connect, and to hold onto memories. It has never felt right to call myself and my work a certain type of photography but I aim for my style to be a photojournalistic lifestyle look. I try to find the hidden moments that tell the start to a story or at least peaks curiosity, whether it's the beauty or ugly in this world. 

My main focus now is my handcrafted polymer clay jewelry business, AurisMade Design.