i am a caring innovator and storyteller who is determined to create healing spaces that encourage wellness and creativity. as a community centered organizer, i have partnered with many communities and organizations to share, inspire, and innovate living traditions.

at my core, i am a cultural architect, social innovator, and afro-futurist.

my bloodline is thick with island blood from the mountains of Jamaica to the shores of the Carolinas, my blood is my greatest honor…full of love, full of healers, full of resistance

Watson Fellowship | Uncovering the Hidden Foundations of Indigenous Spirituality

Honors Thesis | Healing Our World: Re-Evaluating American Legal Foundations

Holistic Wealth, LLC; Founder

Ghana Commission for UNESCO; Education & Culture Consultant

Harvard University’s Project Zero; Research Associate for Transformative Repair

Vice Media: Refinery29; Outreach Coordinator for Money Diaries Section

Mesh Ed Collective; Diversity Equity & Inclusion Associate, Curriculum Designer, Instructor

Certificates

The Harvard François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights | Child Protection Certificate

Wesleyan University’s English Department | Creative Writing Certificate

IDEO Storytelling for Influence | Communicating for Impact Certificate, Advanced Design Thinking Certificate, & Foundation in Creative Leadership Certificate

Volunteer

Ujamaa | Community Outreach Coordinator & Financial Contact for Wesleyan University’s Black Student Union

Wesleyan Center for Prison Education | Research Volunteer

Harvard Graduate School of Education Innovation & Ventures in Education | Co-Chair

Impactful Courses

#sayhername | a feminine gender studies course that explored the cultural and historical impacts of women of color within social justice movements by centering the voices, work, and activism of women of color

Intertextual Aesthetics in African American Culture | an african american studies course that analyzed the integration of references to multiple texts within African American artwork through the post-modern, intertextual aesthetic

History of Economic Thought | an economics course that compared the works of historical economic scholars, such as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and Friedrich Hayek

The Prison State | an african american history course that uncovers the history of the prison abolition movement that aims to end the cycles of oppression caused by the prison industrial complex

Digital Media in Late 2010s | a journalism course taught by Lily Herman, digital strategist and editor for top publications, such as Teen Vogue & Allure

Techniques of Fiction | an English fiction workshop that . taught me a lot about my creative abilities and the power of sharing imaginings in community

Educating Incarcerated Youth | a master’s education course that explores the research, activism, and practitioners that are working to educate incarcerated youth

Get Real: The Art of Community-Based Film | a faculty of arts course that was focused on developing stories with communities and participants as co-creators

Informal Learning for Children | a master’s education workshop with the Seasame Workshop and several innovators in education media in which we develop an Ed Tech business pitch utilizing a design thinking process

Advanced Fiction: The Good Stuff | an advanced fiction writing workshop where we practice writing from a space of delight

Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Academy

The Island School

Wesleyan University, Bachelors of Arts, College of Social Studies

Harvard University, Master’s in Education, Education Leadership, Organization, and Entrepreneurship, Arts & Learning Concentration