I graduated from Pratt Institute with a degree in Media Art in 2006. My first job after college was studio manager at independent animation house Blend Films, where I learned the tricky art of balancing both client work and personal projects. A few years later, my twin sister Joy Buran and I started our own animation studio where we’re currently balancing commercial videos, our latest animated short, and a children’s book about the 12 Days of Christmas. I live and work in the Catskill mountains with my husband, our two cats, two dogs, and a partridge in a pear tree.

6 years as an animator in the industry, working on many shows for the likes of Cartoon Network, Netflix and Apple TV+ along with working in studios such as Blink Ink in the UK, Studio Soi in Germany, Cartoon Saloon in Ireland and now Titmouse in Canada. The majority of my work has been in Toon Boom with rigged characters and some hand drawn elements thrown in! I have also been a mentor for Screen Skills UK and now wonderfully, a Toon Boom Ambassador!

I am a freelance animator, specializing in character animation and motion graphics for entertainment, marketing and advertising industries.