I’ve always loved and have been drawn to music. I discovered early on, long before I knew that I had ADHD and was challenged by anxiety, that listening to music helped me to manage my moods, playing music helped me to focus, and writing music helped me to express myself.  

Music has not only helped connect me with my own self, but has helped me to connect with other people and also with other cultures. It has always a part of my life and our travels as a family and likely led me to my interest in attending pursuing the study of global cultures and languages.

This website follows the journey of my senior academy project, "Music & Mental Health", where I take what I have noticed personally about myself and look at it through anecdotal and scientific research and through interviews with artists and musicians around the globe.  With any journey worth taking, the "grade" is merely a milestone along the way, because for me, the journey will continue on.