About Me
writer
I moved to Philadelphia at seventeen to attend La Salle University and, though I wasn't born here, it's my home. I've lived in Philly on and off for nearly eighteen years and it serves as the setting and inspiration for much of my writing.
I'm curious about people's inner lives and often use text to explore the meandering pathways of consciousness. I write short fiction and creative nonfiction and have most recently been published in Toho literary magazine and Derailleur Press's Conversations with Men. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Kingston University in London.
organizer
Narratives hold power. They are how people understand themselves and the world around them. When a story compels a person to deepen or shift their understanding, change happens.
Once I learned this, I realized I could contribute my narrative skills to movement-building work in the anti-capitalist struggle to dismantle systems of racial and economic oppression. I've been working as a narrative strategist, communications specialist, and community organizer for mission-driven nonprofits since 2008.
libertine
In its most ubiquitous connotation, a libertine is considered a hedonist--an amoral, dissolute person only interested in their own pleasure.
But The Libertines thought it was more nuanced than that. They named their band after the Blakeian interpretation: the idea that being a libertine means being a visionary. As in: one who envisions.
In other words: imagining the future you want is the first step to making it so.
And it doesn't hurt to throw in a little hedonism every now and then.