FACTS
Hometown: Toledo, OH
Day job: I am a nanny/tutor for two adorable kids, I also teach voice and piano
Hobbies: Yoga, cooking, throwing elaborate dinner parties, volunteering, outdoor sports, enjoying all the city of Chicago has to offer!
Best physical feature: My smile….you tell me….
Best personality trait: I have a big heart and am loyal to the grave
Pet Peeve: Intolerance and closed-minded people
Idiosyncrasy: I sing out loud in public places, buses, bathroom stalls, grocery checkout….you name it and opera is pouring out of me (and I don’t usually notice!)
FIRSTS
First pet: A lizard whose name escapes me probably because I killed him within the first week….dropped a rock on his head while cleaning his cage!
First role onstage: Bertha in Steven Schwartz’s Pippin
First kiss: I started early…I was five…our house painter Bruce…twenty some years later and I still cannot look him in the face!
First name means: "my God is an oath," "my God is abundance," "God's promise," or "oath of God." And there you have it…thank you Wikipedia.
FAVORITES
Favorite films: Annie Hall, Y tu mama tambien, The Red Violin, Bullets over Broadway, Shrek, The Hours, Immortal Beloved, Napoleon Dynamite, The Royal Tenenbaums
Favorite books: Most things autobiographical. Renee Fleming’s The Inner Voice, The Great Gatsby, Memoirs of a Geisha, anything by David Sedaris, travel journals
Favorite TV shows: Family Guy, Desperate Housewives, Oprah,
Favorite food: Food…singular??? Italian food!
Favorite drink: Water
RANDOM
Why Chicago? I needed out of Ohio and Chicago was the closest urban environment
Why VOX? I am happy to part of such a creative and passionate group of musicians!
Pre-performance ritual? Plenty of rest….that’s about it!
Aspirations? To live life to the fullest!
If you were a superhero…? I would be Cat Woman…dark and sexy…..
If you were an animal…? Well, my friend Brian says I would be a panda bear…I will take that as a compliment (?)
