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1998 – Broadleaf Young Writers, Vermont
1999 – NY State Young Writers
2000- 2004 – University at Albany – Honors Program – English
Attended Lectures by Jacques Derrida, Mark Anthony Neal, Pierre Joris, and Branka Arsic, Studied Spanish, East Asian Art and Literature, etc.
2006 -2008 Fayetteville State University
BS in English Education
2009 – 2015 – St Charles Borromeo Seminary
M.Div, MA in Moral Theology. Received award for Apostolate. Received an award for Master’s Thesis researching the overlap of Moral Theology and Ascetical and Mystical Theology Certificate in Natural Family Planning with Creighton University Certificate in Business Leadership, St Joseph University in Philadelphia
2.5k+ hours of Pastoral Counseling Experience
2009 – 2014 – 4 Separate Spanish Immersion Trips
(Mexico x 2, Guatemala, Honduras x 2)
2017 – Began Art of Living Well.
Executive Producer, Art Director, and Content Creator. Main partnership with Today Creative. Produced thousands of video and other content on social media platforms. Have advised major Catholic apostolates and worked with a variety of media professionals including Fr Mike Schmitz, Sr Miriam James, Dana Catherine, Sarah Kroger, PJ Anderson, Dom Quaglia, Paul J Kim, Steubenville Conferences, The Catholic Gentleman, CatholicLink, and Joe Ferris
2019 – 2025 – Retreats and Conferences
Organized Youth Retreats and Conferences reaching hundreds of youth. Spoke at many of the retreats and conferences, including managing audio/visual.
2019 – Current –
Brought FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) to ECU Newman
2020 – Current –
Mission Trips and Partnerships (Uganda x 3, Kenya x 2, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Belize, Guyana x 2, Australia)
2021-2023 – Provided tech support to Ignited by Truth Conference, Raleigh, NC
2021 – Executive Producer – Dana Catherine Christmas EP
2022 – Founded MetaCatholic and created a library of VR and Animation Content
2024 – Executive Producer and Art Director – Carlos Acutis Animation – Crescite
2025 – Media Project Guyana
2025 – Media Project in Uganda
2025 – Speaking Tour of Australia
The Mystical Ascent (2023)
The War Within (2023)
Angels and Demons (2025)
Purgatory (2025)
Beow’s Publishing, Raleigh, NC
Crescite and FaithGames
Parousia Media, Australia
Today Creative
Keys and Cross
Oscar Ntege, Uganda
Fidal Bassier, Guyana
Chris Perna, former Art Director for Epic Games
Wyoming Catholic College
John Paul the Great University, Escondido California
Catholic Land Movement
