Growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, the youngest of six, I'd lay across my mom's lap, listening as she read to me in the nubby green rocking chair. When I was old enough to read myself, she took me to the Enoch Pratt Free Library, where my imagination grew wings. These early explorations inspired me to tell stories, and I've never stopped. 

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Continually experimenting, I've written, directed, produced and published in print, on stage, broadcast, and streaming media. To make a living, I managed projects at a boutique branding agency, with clients that included start ups and legacy companies such as KIA. Think Sorento, Rondo, and Forte.´ And The UPS Store, which might seem an obvious name, but the creative process to get to it was anything but. Another story for another time. 

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In Southern California, I honed my chops writing grants and other proposals for organizations such as Get Lit - Words Ignite, The Wooden Floor, and the LA County Department of Arts and Culture. I then joined the Centers for Research on Creativity led by principal investigator Dr. James Catterall. Our mission was to better understand human creativity and the conditions that can promote imaginative approaches to learning, design, and problem solving. 

Coordinating research projects across the US and abroad, I co-wrote reports and co-authored a chapter on dance and creativity. As a field researcher, I witnessed and engaged with classrooms, maker spaces, and multigenerational community learning environments. Research became an embedded part of my practice, exploring and documenting lived experience through narrative and visual mediums.

After receiving my Master's Degree in Creative Studies at SUNY Buffalo, I traveled to Mexico on an artist grant. The mission of our guerilla team of filmmakers was to witness an act of creative placemaking. Or, community engagement, political will, and an international cohort of public artists working together to transform a divided town. Beyond the Bridge screened in film festivals, classrooms, creativity conferences, and on PBS streaming and broadcast channels.

My storytelling journey continues. After three decades west of the 98th meridian, I returned to Baltimore and live in Hampden. Stories are everywhere.