My art and intellectual praxis is tied together through social engagement including participatory art and community archives. I'm trying to weave a dialogue between working-class communities in the Black Diaspora. 

 

I'm a Fulbright Scholar researching transnational archives in the Black Atlantic (Brazil and the United States).  My work emerges from questions on identity, negritude, and surrealism.

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My goal is to leave artifacts for my descendants to know what I saw and loved in the moments of my life. I hope this serves as fuel for both their struggles and celebrations. 

 

I’m blessed to see my people reflecting so much light, magic, strength, and aesthetics. I couldn’t imagine a life without it. I simply believe that our humanity is quintessentially beautiful.