Growing up, I always knew my Grandpa as a published poet and it was he who inspired me and taught me to love writing. Throughout my years of school, I played every sport and practiced every pastime known to man, but I knew my greatest passion was for writing. High school was a hard time for me as I moved from a small private middle school, and I found myself eating lunch in the library with my earphones in and a book for most of my Freshman year. That is where I learned to love music and really developed my writing. I remember the first time I heard Nat King Cole in that library. That’s when I knew I had to sing.

I have no background or formal training in music, but I was and continue to be inspired by the legends in Soul and Pop - Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Al Greene – they all taught me to create from the heart. I picked up the guitar at 16 and started singing at 18, and that’s when I began writing my own music. I am inspired by life, love, happiness and relationships. I find inspiration in my own experiences with love – finding it, being in it, losing it, and the crazy journey of self-discovery that comes with it.