As a first generation Canadian, growing up in New Brunswick meant that I always lived far from my extended family. Apart from the occasional trip across the Atlantic to visit, looking at photographs was how my brother and I connected with our relatives, learned about our parents’ childhoods, and revisited our own early memories.

While my earliest years were captured on film, I received a digital point-and-shoot camera for my 13th birthday and quickly became that friend who’s always taking pictures. As a Millennial and digital native, I’ve been backing up and organizing my digital photos since then.

As a heritage professional and an amateur photographer, I learned to appreciate photographs and memorabilia for their aesthetic qualities as well as for their memory-keeping power.

I feel fortunate that, years ago, my father invested many hours into scanning his and my mother’s families’ slides, prints, and correspondence. Being able to look back on those is an incredible gift; it helps me feel connected to my extended family and to loved ones who are no longer here. The fact that my own photographs are organized means I can easily relive my trips and other events I documented, and my photos even help me remember the dates they occurred. Through SMART Photo Management, it’s my hope that my clients can experience this joy, too.

I studied a bachelor’s degree in Art History (Carleton University, 2017) followed by a graduate certificate in Museum Management and Curatorship (Fleming College, 2019), and completed a distance learning course in Managing Archival Collections (University of Victoria, 2021).

Over the last decade, I’ve worked in heritage interpretation, arts programming, and with collections in municipal and university art galleries, as well as with artifacts housed in provincial collections and archival records housed in government archives.

I’ve been a professional member of The Photo Managers—”the global leader in training and supporting professionals dedicated to helping individuals, families, and businesses organize, preserve, and share their most cherished memories”—since April 2024.

I currently live and work in my hometown of Fredericton and love road tripping, camping, and exploring, especially my backyard: Atlantic Canada. I love documenting my trips, making sure to back them up when I get home, of course!