about me

I've wanted to be an actor since the age of four. I would frequently interrupt my mom’s conversations, using the sparkly, blue, star-shaped phone I bought from a school Book Fair, and make outrageous claims about her not feeding me. I was quite the stinker, but my mom would simply tell everyone, “Oh, she’s just such a little actress.” Well, Mom, you were right. Though, I suppose when your parents name you after a witch and a mutant, you’re probably not going into accounting.

I got my first role in fifth grade. It was just a school play, but I was ecstatic. I portrayed Jim Hawkins' male best friend in an off-brand version of Treasure Island. The only thing I remember was that I got to hide in a barrel and eat a green apple. At the time, I didn’t even like apples, but, let me tell you, there’s something about eating onstage, while people laugh their heads off, that makes you feel like some impressive, unparalleled super-being that cannot be touched. I mean, eating is something I do every day, and these people were just loving it! Now I know that parents are obligated to laugh and cheer at school plays, no matter how bad the performance is, but 10-year-old Tabs just thought, “Wow… Acting is easy.”

The next time I got to eat onstage was my freshmen year of college. My director kept hyping us up for the mushroom torte she was going to make, but time gets the best of all of us, so, instead, she microwaved a mini pepperoni pizza which said, "DO NOT MICROWAVE" in menacing letters on the box, and then picked off all the tiny pepperoni cubes; it sat in the dressing room, uncovered, for two hours before I had to eat it. Pretending that mushy, inhospitable "pizza" was the best thing that's ever kissed my taste buds made me realize that I wasn't untouchable; the very essence of my spirit had withered into a saucy, cheesy pile of despair. This was completely different from the last time. I never thought the day would come where an apple was more appetizing than pizza, but it did, and I was forever changed. Acting was not easy. In fact, it was really difficult. Okay, I learned that A LOT earlier than college, but that doesn’t make for as good of a story.

Once I made my way out to California, I felt a little lost. All I had ever wanted to be was an actor, but suddenly all my drive was gone. I sat around doing nothing for months, because if I never tried, then I couldn’t fail, right? Eventually, my boyfriend forced me to look into voice over, and THAT. JUST. CLICKED. As someone who has been obsessed with cartoons, anime, and video games, for as long as I can remember, I’m not sure why it took me ages to realize voice acting was what I would thrive at. I mean, I started off my journey acting with just my voice, over the phone, and I’d portrayed boys before, which is common in voice acting. Surely nothing could make this make more sense! And then…. My very first voice acting class…. What does the studio manager tell me? “Green apples are a voice actor’s best friend; eat a couple slices if you’re ever getting weird mouth pops.” WHAT. Of all the foods in the world - Green apples?! Voice acting had been staring me right in the face this whole time! If that isn’t a sign, then I’m going to take it as one anyway, because it cemented my passion for voice over, and I’m already putting in all this effort. I would like to leave you with something profound about who I am as a person, but we all know this is already waaayyy too long.

And, no, I'm not the cute blonde girl with the pig tails. I'm the one eating the apple.