I grew up in South Africa. Moved to Miami when I was 12. Lost my accent by the time I was 15. Biggest regret of my life. Realized people actually got paid to write ads when I won a baby grand piano for a radio spot I submitted to a contest put on by a piano store. I don't play piano. Graduated high school. Went to the University of Florida from 2001-2005. Got a B.S. in Advertising and a B.A. in English. Decided to go to portfolio school. Attended Miami Ad School from 2005 - 2007 and got to intern and work in Hamburg, London and Boulder. Moved to New York. Started as a Junior Copywriter at Strawberryfrog NY. Worked there from 2007-2011. Took improv classes at Upright Citizens Brigade from 2007-2009. Got hit by a tidal wave of gross, gray slush in February by the M14 Bus while I was carrying my groceries 4 avenue blocks. Realized I needed to get the fuck out of NYC (still love it though). Moved to LA. Got a job as a Senior Writer at Deutsch LA. Worked there from 2011-2013. Left in 2013 to work as a Lead Writer at 72andSunny. Got promoted to Creative Director in 2015. Had a kid. Big fan. Took 6 months of cooking classes at the New School of Cooking in 2017. The trick to make sure your pan sauce never breaks is constant whisking. Went over to TBWA \ Media Arts Lab in 2018. Had another kid. Also a big fan. Currently working on pitching a cartoon, making custom ice-cream flavors for my friends and trying not to irreversibly scar my children.