A playwright and actress who grew up in Denver, Colorado. Starting out in political science at Brown with the intention of becoming a lawyer, she skipped the final round of the LSAT and instead earned a PhD in English literature. She wrote a play for her comprehensive exam in a drama survey course taught by Paula Vogel (How I Learned to Drive, The Baltimore Waltz), who invited her to join her playwriting class, where she studied under two of the finest writers to come out of that or any program, Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz (Night Train to Bolina, Anna in the Tropics) and the late John C.

Russell (Stupid Kids), as well as guest artists Aisha Rahman and Anna Deavere Smith.