— As an independent narrative strategist, storyteller, and developmental editor based in the DC metropolitan area, I provide narrative advising & infrastructure support to solidarity-aligned movement organizations, philanthropic funders, and communication firms, invested in resource generation for social change.

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— photo credit: SkyQuajus Turner, 2024

— Selected Works

full CV available upon request

“Truman Lowe Listens to the Water” | Arts Writing, Hyperallergic, October 2026‍

“The Inheritances of our Olfactory Sanctuaries: On Cultivating Scent as African Diasporic Memory Infrastructures" | Panelist & Presenter, Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum's Aesthetic Inheritance: Art, Archive, and African American Life Symposium, October 2026

Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program - Visual Arts Fellowship | Grant Reviewer, The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, September 2026

Publishing Workshop - Marketing & Communications / Art Direction | Fellow, L.A. Review of Books, July 2026‍ ‍

“Pressing Breath to Marrow,” Issue V - Fluid by Nature: Texture, Memory, & Ecology of the Black South | Co-Editorial Director & Arts Writing, Sistories Magazine, August 2025 ‍

“Let the Fragments Speak” Visual Artist-Mixed Media Collage | PubLab Journal Issue 9.0, L.A. Review of Books, July 2026‍ ‍

Master of Theological Studies | African American & Diaspora Studies Certificate & College Teaching Certificate, Vanderbilt Divinity School, May 2023

Master of Science | Conflict Analysis & Resolution- Gender Studies & Inclusive Conflict Engagement, George Mason University, May 2021‍

Bachelor of Arts | Global Affairs: International Development, George Mason University, May 2019

Story-based Strategy Certificate | The Center for Story-based Strategy, May 2025

Southern Echoes: Reproductive Justice Narrative Storyteller Fellowship | ARC-Southeast, Nov. 2024‍

Reflective Journalism Project Certificate | Movement Journalism, Prism, May 2025