Awards and Honors

Awards

• Best of Davis School District 2025 Davis School District 

Secondary Teachers Winner

• Davis School District Teacher of the Year 2025 Davis School District

Finalist

• Utah Theatre Teacher of the Year   2023-2024 Utah Advisory Council 

       of Theatre Teachers

• Utah Best of State Arts in Education 2025 Davis School District

• 1st Place Region Winner UHSAA* Importance of Being Earnest Syracuse High School

(Director)

• 4th Place State Winner UHSAA* Importance of Being Earnest Syracuse High School

(Director)

• 1st Place Region Winner UHSAA* The Diviners Syracuse High School

  (Director)

• 2nd Place Region Winner UHSAA*         To See the Stars Syracuse High School

(Director)

• Featured UTA** Conference Performance Camelot Syracuse High School

(Director)

• DSDᐩ Award for Outstanding Performance Anne of Green Gables Syracuse High School

(Director)

• Teacher of the Year Nominee 2022, 2023, 2024 Davis School District

• Best Lighting Design Nominee Camelot UHSM Awardsᐩᐩ

• Irene Ryan Acting Award Nominee Charlotte’s Web (Actor) BYU

• Dean’s List Fall 2016 BYU

*Utah High School Activities Association, **Utah Theatre Association, ᐩDavis School District, 

ᐩᐩUtah High School Musical Awards

Conference Presentations

“How to Level Up Your Presenter Utah Theatre Association Conference 2025

Tech Program” 

• Designed and instructed teachers on best practices to develop and grow a technical theatre program for secondary education

“Making Learning Engaging Presenter Davis School District Summer Conference 2024, 2025

 for All Learning Styles”

• Created and taught workshop to secondary teachers across Davis School District on best practice strategies to incorporate arts integration into traditional classrooms

“Beyond the Chaos:         Presenter        Utah Theatre Association Conference 2024, 2025

Organizing Your Theatre Space”

• Presented workshop to theatre educators on best practices regarding educational theatre organization and inventory systems

“Stage Management Basics” Educator        On Pitch Performing Arts 2023

• Taught workshop on stage management techniques to children as a guest teaching artist as part of an educational outreach program on careers in theatre

“The Director’s Playbook” Presenter        Utah Theatre Association Conference 2018

• Conducted workshop on directing and staging techniques to secondary students that culminated in students staging their own scenes

“So You Think You Can Audition: Presenter        Utah Theatre Association Conference 2017

Breaking Down the Audition Process”

• Taught high school students to recognize and practice effective audition techniques through participating in a mock audition and receiving individualized feedback