I was born and raised in the inner city of Boston, MA.
 
I am a Mother Caroline Academy graduate. I am an alum of Buckingham browne & Nichols (BB&N) high school. Left for the midwest with a camera and more dreams. I graduated from Lake Forest College majoring in American Studies, Anthropology and Sociology. Examining racism in many forms through many voices is what drew me to UCLA for my M.ed. My focus surrounded urban education through a social justice lens. Since then, I have been working with various populations differing economically and racially overseas and on the east and west coast in numerous educational spheres.I just completed my Fulbright in cape town, south africa as a guest lecturer at the College of Cape Town.

I am the Founder and CEO of THE CHAIR, a Black and Brown tech centered platform dedicated to supporting people on their hair journey. I am a MBA graduate from babson college where I focused in on entrepreneurship and strategy to marry my love of design and education. In addition, I  dove into developing and enhancing techniques and tools engaging in social innovation and science, technology, and enterprise businesses to expand and curate the conversations surrounding race, racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations and companies. 
 
I am a tech entrepreneur, an educator, a dei designer, and a storyteller.
 
Through my academic, work, and personal experiences, joy and love are core elements in my choice of crafts. joy is light within my body that is refracted in a camera lens and through words that spill from students' lips and those of adults in a classroom and beyond. together with communities, I am working to create an imaginative world for a day, which will turn into a lifetime.

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