I earned Bachelor’s degrees in Graphic Design and English from North Carolina State University. Shortly after graduating, I kicked off my professional career as a graphic designer, starting as Production Assistant for a small but competitive design firm and advancing to Visual Design Manager for a global technology consulting firm. After getting caught in the tech industry’s layoff sweep, I attended an alumni event in 2023. I was introduced to the idea of a career in the Digital Humanities, a budding field that would make space for my creative interests and skills. To make the pivot, I completed my Master’s degree in Media Arts, Design and Technology and earned a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities from my alma mater.

My work centers the early Black American experience, particularly through the lens of language and literature. It includes: “The Black Church as Community Anchor,” an award-winning map series investigating whether the presence of the Black American Church signaled the perpetuity of historically Black communities; “The Georgia Negro and The Wanderer,” a short AR documentary combining informative media of a slave ship with W.E.B. Du Bois’ “The Georgia Negro” map; and my graduate Capstone, “Field Dreams – The Black American Slave as Subject Matter Expert: Crafting Impossible Realities in Immersive Experiences,” a research-based project merging past literary insight with present immersive media to inspire storytellers to challenge American myths about what it means to be human and citizen.