I create work that explores the dynamic relationship between my cultural roots and personal experiences, focusing on the concept of "both/and." This duality guides my exploration of West African and Caribbean heritage, my identity as a Black American, and my background as a formally trained illustrator. Originally from Pittsburgh and raised in Fresno, California, I began my journey in political science and athletics before shifting to a BFA in Illustration at the Art Center College of Design. My career in sportswear design took me across Portland, NYC, and Boston, but it was during the pandemic that I shifted to ceramics as a form of personal expression.

I’ve since developed a studio practice centered on ceramics, completing the Technical Education Program at Mudflat Pottery School. My work merges ancestral traditions, emphasizing community, reverence for the earth, and Afro-Indigenous practices, with my technical design background. I use dark clay bodies and coil building to explore themes of beauty, identity, and Black ceramic history, often drawing from African diaspora jewelry, fabric, and hairstyles.

Alongside my artistic practice, I teach hand-building classes at Clay Clubhouse in Oakland and developed Black Clay, a ceramic workshop series for the Black community to connect, create, and learn. I also steward Aroko Cooperative, a design collective dedicated to Black Liberation, where we create tools for communal prosperity, including recent work for the National Black Food and Justice Alliance.