about me

I am an art conservator, educator, and enthusiastic organizer.

I use she/her pronouns, am white with Italian/German heritage, and though my eyes also have brown in them, I will tell anyone who asks that they are green. I am a daughter, sister, wife, aunt, mentor, packmate, and friend. I identify as an extrovert. I am 41 years old. 

I serve as Objects Conservator and Assistant Director of Conservation at Winterthur Museum, Garden, & Library as well as Affiliated Associate Professor in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation. Over the past 15 years, I have had the privilege to mentor over 150 early career professionals, lead an international conservation network, and teach practical conservation workshops around the world. What drives me are the deep connections people have with their cultural history as embodied by objects. 

I am especially passionate about public outreach and fundraising for our profession. I want to increase revenue streams to projects that bring heritage preservation to communities and inspire joy, laughter, and healing. 
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You can view my most recent cv here. 
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acknowledgments

I live and work in Lenapehokink, land that was forcibly taken from the Lenape, the Original People, who stewarded it for tens of thousands of years. I acknowledge this painful history that affects every present moment and honor their continued stewardship by actively practicing reciprocity and learning how to embody a world view that "All Our Relations" includes all of Earth's inhabitants. 

Most aspects of my identity mean I possess unlearned advantages within society. I know that where I am is due in no small part to these advantages. I am dedicated to the lifelong work of continuing to educate myself, to learn (and unlearn), to listen, to acknowledge my own biases, and with every decision I make to subvert the toxic systems that enable these inequities. 

Photo by Evan Krape, 2023