Kia Ora e te whānau!

I’m a freelance writer and illustrator based in Tāmaki Makaurau. With a specialty in narrative illustration, I’ve worked across publications, editorial illustration, animation, murals and community kaupapa.

This year I was chosen as a Springboard Award recipient thanks to The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi, under the mentorship of the wickedly talented 2023 Laureate Giselle Clarkson. I have also just won the 2026 Margaret Illustration Prize thanks to Little Moa!

In early 2025 I finished up my Master of Creative Practice at Unitec, receiving first-class honors for my research, ‘Wilding: The role of the bizarre in illustrated narratives’. My accompanying graphic novel, To seed to sprout to seed, a strange and twisting story about a girl with a plant growing in her chest, received a Bronze Pin at the 2025 Best Design Awards.

When I was 9 I wrote and illustrated an eco-activist comic called ‘Sam the Super Worm’ and luckily, not much has changed.

I fill the rest of my time with mahi at Objectspace gallery in Grey Lynn where I wear many hats - Design and Comms Assistant, Gallery assistant, Junior Technician, and Archivist.

You can see some of my mahi here.