I am a first-generation, sixth-year graduate student at the University of Kentucky.  I earned my M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in Spring 2023 and achieved the status of PhD candidate in Fall 2023.  As well, I obtained my B.S. from Marshall University in Huntington, WV in Pure & Applied Mathematics with minors in English & Spanish.  My research interests lie in the fields of Analysis and Partial Differential Equations. I am working under Dr. Francis Chung in the area of inverse problems. Our current work concerns an inverse boundary value problem for the stationary transport equation.

I have a passion for teaching, especially teaching students who don't identify as "math people" or who have a fear of math. It's important to me that math be viewed not as a gift, but as a product of grit. We learn math not by magically memorizing and understanding mathematics, but by actively doing, questioning, and thinking about mathematical concepts! It is my goal that every student who enters my class leaves with a little more mathematical confidence than they entered with!