About

Brooklyn born, Queens raised. Trying to make the world my home, one trip at a time.

My love of words and art started with Children’s books. As a kid I was relentless about my mom reading the name of the author AND the illustrator during bedtime reading. I was fascinated by how those creators worked so perfectly together to create images and words that told compelling stories. At about age 5 I firmly declared that I would be an author/illustrator. Over a quarter century later I’m actively working on making that happen (stay tuned for book details!).

Beyond my childhood goals coming to fruition, so much of my work (writing, drawing, recipe development, photography) is informed by my upbringing as a first generation, U.S. born Black woman in a Jamaican immigrant household. My love of colors, stories and food come from my life navigating multiple worlds and identities.

If you want to know more about my “work work”, take a peak at the formal list of things that adults seem to like to see below.

Professional Experience:

  • B.A in English

  • Editorial work for the textbook division of a publishing house

  • Wrote inside flap and back cover copy for professional and trade books

  • Freelance food and travel writing for various websites

  • Managed communications (i.e. selecting content, writing blurbs, editing content, etc.) to produce a bi-annual university-based newsletter that gets distributed to ~40,000 people

  • Podcast facilitation and marketing for the Women’s Voices Amplified podcast

    • Securing potential hosts and guests

    • Writing the host/interviewee questions

    • Publicizing the podcast post production

  • Food blogging, recipe development and food photography over at Bright Roots Kitchen

  • Winner of several recipe competitions including a feature in Taste of Home: Simple and Delicious magazine

  • Featured guest on The Storied Recipe podcast

  • Continuing education course at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Children’s Book Illustration