photographer: Dustin Ashcraft
wardrobe provided by: Levu Boutique
hair and makeup: Josh & Co.

What you like about your job?
I am responsible for your smile. Being
ashamed of your teeth or smile is a subconscious inhibitor in so many seemingly unrelated aspects of your life. A healthy mouth might make the difference in how you appear to clients, employers, etc., [who] have the potential to take your life in whatever direction you're aiming for. I'm there to help you build up and maintain that important factor – to assist in making it the best for you, both functionally and aesthetically.

Words to live by:
My father always made it a bullet
point in my list of life lessons to remember that life is not fair. A basic understanding that things will not always be what I expected helps keep things in perspective and keeps me strong. I put in the drive and effort to excel, and bumps in the road don't slow me down. They're just life being unfair. In the concrete of life, little truths like this are the rebar. Otherwise … you'd crumble.

Favorite quote:
Carl Sagan once said, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." I take his intelligence, which was intended to be applied on a massive scale (the cosmos), and transition it to take meaning in everyday life. Just because you are not aware of something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just because you haven't figured something out, doesn't mean the answer is not there. Striving to learn everything that you can in life is essential; there are always things you don't know yet. And I love that.