Though I've lived in Tucson for over 15 years and consider it my home, I am originally from southern New Jersey. Those who know me have been witness to my "Jersey girl" attitude, but I'm really just a sheep in wolf's clothing!

I have always loved to draw and have completed several art classes throughout my life. However, I express my creativity through many different mediums and have dabbled in painting, jewelry making, pottery, sculpture, sewing, upholstery, and cabinetry. I've been fascinated by tattoos for as long as I can remember and by the age of 14 was begging my mother to stop in the local tattoo shop every time we passed by. She never complied, but on the day before my sixteenth birthday, I got my first tattoo (the artist didn't ask my age until he had finished) at a little shop in nearby Philadelphia. It was a rose on my butt which has since been covered up. The lesson here is think before you ink!

After graduating high school and attending the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York city, I realized fashion design was not for me and came back to New Jersey. In between liberal arts classes at the community college I began hanging out at Cherokee Chuck's tattoo shop. It wasn't long before Chuck started teaching me how to make needles, tune machines, and eventually, to tattoo.

What I love about tattooing is that it is a creative outlet in which I can actually help others to express themselves. Every client is a canvas that walks, talks, and tells its own individual story. No other medium is its own traveling show! I love creating custom artwork to fit the needs and wants of each client and I feel that I have an unusual talent for putting others' ideas on paper and then, to skin. Come on in! I can't wait to meet you and hear your ideas!