I am passionate about helping others find the things that make their life worthwhile so that they in turn can help others and create a more empowered community.
I am the owner of Gather, a cozy coworking space, intimate event venue, and online shop located in downtown Cary, North Carolina.
In addition to Gather, I have founded multiple businesses including The Rock & Shop Market in 2004, a highly successful makers-market which was the first of its kind in the Southeast featuring over 100 juried vendors, bands, DJs and food trucks.
I’m a multi-passionate creative and am also a product designer and occasionally work as a professional food, prop and interior stylist and photographer working with such publications as Southern Living, Rachel Ray Everyday, Meredith Publications, Fons and Porter and more (I am lucky to call it my professional hobby).
When I’m not working on business ventures you’ll find me restoring my 80-year old cottage, curled up with a good book, biking to the farmer’s market or gardening alongside my Scientist husband (who moonlights as a chocolate candy maker) and my middle-school aged illustration-loving daughter (who teaches me humility and resilience daily) and our tortie cat, Caramel.