Now

I’m a Senior Design Operations Specialist in the Creative Lab at Esri .

Running is my main focus right now — I’m training for two races: the Bull City Race Fest 5K on October 18 and the Cooper River Bridge Run 10K in Charleston next April.

I’ve also leaned into yoga to move gently and look after my body while my back heals.

Still apprenticing at a local Durham bakery, and it has been so good for me — this lovely group of people is half the joy. Lately I’ve been learning the ropes of bakery mass production, with everything still made by hand. Things I’ve learned to prep and make:

• Ham & cheese, chocolate, and butter croissants
• Bear claws, morning buns, and cinnamon rolls
• Batch-making croissant dough and hand rolls
• Cinnamon twists

I also brought in a tres leches recipe of my own that I’m working to perfect for the team — and it earned a thumbs up!

At the end of the month I’m off to Kansas City for a Halloween wedding — a spooky celebration I can’t wait for. Still glowing, too, from a recent Florida trip: Flipturn ’s hometown show at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre was an absolute blast, St. Augustine completely charmed me, and we capped it with a riverboat sunset cruise in Savannah.

• The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön

Still tending my own garden — making room to grow, staying grounded, and doing the things that make me feel like me, right alongside my two beautiful daughters and a deepening love of baking. Our home just grew by one, too: Baguette, a two-year-old French Bulldog rescue and the sweetest new sidekick.