ABOUT ME
It is a truth universally ignored that a black woman with the audacity to say that her own life matters, is often assumed to be rabble rousing bigot who hates all others. In a world where #AlternativeFacts run wild, where “correspondence between heads of state” and “Tweets” are interchangeable, where race relations are anecdotally at their scariest point since the 1960s, the artful skill of storytelling - of humanizing the other - is ever more critical and the fostering of disparate voices and views within the field is imperative.
THERE ISN'T A MOLD INTO WHICH I FIT.
I was born feet first in front of a crowd.
My mother says that I came in this world running and I haven’t stopped.
I have three siblings and we survived the death of my father without anyone asking for money.
I am married with a 9 year old daughter. My husband and daughter both act like they are 13, and our cat is the only adult in the house.
I have danced ballet and written rock songs and performed musical theater. I have loved and lost, hurt others and been hurt.