Published Works:
Grief Monsters
5 Rights Every College Student Should Know They Have
A Letter to Kalamazoo College On Behalf of Seniors
Wrote, Illustrated, and published a children's book. Available for purchase on Amazon. It is a captivating children's book that ingeniously transforms the five stages of grief into endearing characters.
A Letter to Kalamazoo College On Behalf of Seniors
5 Rights Every College Student Should Know They Have
A Letter to Kalamazoo College On Behalf of Seniors
A letter I wrote and published in the school paper calling for change. This letter resulted in several new initiatives across campus including mandating online classes to be synchronous and several new events planned by our career center specific to seniors.
5 Rights Every College Student Should Know They Have
5 Rights Every College Student Should Know They Have
5 Rights Every College Student Should Know They Have
As you make the transition from high school to college, you are also transitioning into becoming an independent young adult. Many college students are living on their own for the first time during college.
5 Reasons You Should Consider D3 Athletics
5 Lessons I learned From Playing Cards with my Grandma
5 Rights Every College Student Should Know They Have
When you sign up to be on a Division 3 sports team, you know there will be no Big House filled with thousands of fans, and your games will not be televised. No one is going to glorify you or buy jerseys with your name on them. So why do D3 athletes play?
How to Talk to Your Parents About BLM
5 Lessons I learned From Playing Cards with my Grandma
5 Lessons I learned From Playing Cards with my Grandma
he unjustified murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery inspired a series of long-overdue BLM protests nationwide. People gathered to protest not just these lives that were unjustly taken, but for the countless innocent black lives taken throughout our history.
5 Lessons I learned From Playing Cards with my Grandma
5 Lessons I learned From Playing Cards with my Grandma
5 Lessons I learned From Playing Cards with my Grandma
As I was growing up, my family spent every summer at my grandparents’ house. The grandkids would spend all day outside on the lake, swimming and playing yard games. But as soon as the sun faded away behind the horizon, you could find us all sitting around the card table playing a game of Joker with our ‘Mimi.’
Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Men
Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Men
Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Men
Winner of the short story competition. Selected and published in Cranbrook Kingswood 2017 Gallimaufry, an award-winning art magazine.
A Place Unknown
Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Men
Snow White and the Seven Vertically Challenged Men
I was published for the first time when I was 12 years old. My poem "A Place Unknown" was selected by The American Library of Poetry and published in their 2013 edition.
Other Projects
The Frost
Talk Radio/ Podcast
Talk Radio/ Podcast
Associate producer on the world's first AI film. This film was created using generative AI tools and was recognized by MIT Technology Review.
Talk Radio/ Podcast
Talk Radio/ Podcast
Talk Radio/ Podcast
I co-hosted WJR's All Talk radio show. While on the show I was interviewed about my book "Grief Monsters" which was later turned into a podcast.
Bring Danny Home
Talk Radio/ Podcast
Bring Danny Home
I was the production assistant in the effort to free Danny Fenster from Myanmar prison. We created a video template to tell his story and gain media traction, resulting in his release. Follow the full story at https://bringdannyhome.com/
YOLKED
A Reflection on Solitude and Isolation
Bring Danny Home
A short mockumentary about the world championship of Egg Roulette. I created this film with a friend for a 48 hour film festival challenge. We were asked to make a film in 48 hours that included and egg, a character named the Ricker, and a line of dialogue "if I knew it was going to be that kind of party".
A Reflection on Solitude and Isolation
A Reflection on Solitude and Isolation
A Reflection on Solitude and Isolation
Coming out of a full year of quarantining and social distancing, I share some thoughts about feelings of isolation and solitude.
Extinction
A Reflection on Solitude and Isolation
A Reflection on Solitude and Isolation
I was given a 24 hour assignment to create a short film based off the toy found inside the Kinder Egg I chose (the dinosaur featured in the film). I had to use all of the new equipment we were given in class that day and had just been taught how to use in the creation process (. Here is a short film on the extinction of man.
A Campus in Motion
A Campus in Motion
A Campus in Motion
One of my very first works ever made. This film was created during my introductory documentary course. I was asked to tell a story using still shots.
Stand Still
A Campus in Motion
A Campus in Motion
After the first week of Michigans Statewide lockdown, I took my camera out to the backyard in attempt to capture how stillness can be a good thing, a natural thing.
Blogs
Lexi's Travels
Follow my study abroad journey. Originally a private blog, a means of keeping friends and family updated, Lexi's Travels has evolved into an action-packed adventure story tracking my journey through seven different countries.
Walk With MI
A hiking blog with a bias for Michigan. Follow my outdoor adventures. From backpacking to climbing and even a little mountaineering. Follow me as I use adventure to help myself understand the world around me.
Digital Art:
Poster for Change
Composition with Letters
Composition with Letters
A poster I made using Adobe Illustrator to be hung in the Kalamazoo Library to raise awareness of the way covid has dramatically increased the education gap.
Composition with Letters
Composition with Letters
Composition with Letters
Using just the first letter of my last name I created this composition. I made this while first learning how to use Adobe Illustrator.
Layered States of Mind
Composition with Letters
Cloud of Consciousness
A self portrait created on Adobe Photoshop.
Cloud of Consciousness
Cloud of Consciousness
Cloud of Consciousness
A fun piece in reflection on how online classes are going. Made on Adobe Illustrator.
Doodle
Cloud of Consciousness
#RollNets
An image I made just for fun.
#RollNets
Cloud of Consciousness
#RollNets
An image I created as a gift for a friend.
Additional Experience/ Achievements:
Summited Mont Blanc 4,810 meters
Summited Mont Blanc 4,810 meters
Summited Mont Blanc 4,810 meters
I have conquered the highest peak in Europe at 4,810 meters.
Kalamazoo College Basketball
Summited Mont Blanc 4,810 meters
Summited Mont Blanc 4,810 meters
Division III college athlete and freshman year most improved player.
Cranbrook Art Award in Sculpture 2017
Summited Mont Blanc 4,810 meters
Cranbrook Art Award in Sculpture 2017
An award given to a student with outstanding performance in the fine arts. I was given this award for the lion sculpture I created in my introductory level Sculpture course.
Study Abroad, Italy
Study Abroad, Italy
Cranbrook Art Award in Sculpture 2017
I lived and studied in Rome, Italy
for 4 months.
1,000 Point Club
Study Abroad, Italy
1,000 Point Club
I was the 25th girl in the state of Michigan to ever reach 1,000 career points at the high school level.
Basketball Coach
Study Abroad, Italy
1,000 Point Club
Volunteer Coach for the Kalamazoo Special Olympics Basketball program 2017-2019. I currently coach for the St. Hugo 5th-grade girls' team.