Life’s mission: To assist others in healing from traumas and enjoying life through nurturing the creative spirit and producing creative work.

Occupation: Set painter and production assistant.

Proudest achievements: My ability to make art.

Expectations for the future: To bring my creative vision to Broadway

Favorite app: Videoshop

Favorite websites: Instagram because I can follow photographers, National Geographic and historical images.

Local causes supported: Unbridled Heroes Project, a program offering veterans and all humans an opportunity to spend time with rescued Mustangs.

Favorite thing about Natural Awakenings: Offering insights into alternative medicine and healing, and a place for community members to promote their services.

Most-frequented healthy-food restaurant: I like the Garden of Eden supermarket on various Manhattan streets.

How do you invest in your community? As an aspiring director, I can choose to produce my work and include individuals who I believe have untapped talent if given the right support.

Favorite quote: “People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou

What are you doing to be the change you want to see in the world? People expect entertainers to be perfect right out of the gate; I’m creating space in my projects for people to challenge themselves artistically and join me on the stage in storytelling. Art, music and mediums of creative expression have immense healing powers for the creators, performers and audience—if we choose to confront those things. Many times, it is where we truly find ourselves and empower our best versions, shining a light in the darkness for our fellow humankind.