Experience
Associate Research Archivist Hemispheric Institute (January 2024 - Current)
Cohort Member HBCU Digital Library Trust Copyright First Responders (HBCU Trust CFR) Cohort I (January 2024 - Current)
Program Manager Webrecorder (June 2023- Current)
Project Archivist Urban Bush Women (June 2021- Current)
Founder & Principal Archivist Black Beauty Archive (April 2020- Current)
Facilitator/Mentor The Authenticity Project, HBCU Library Alliance + CLIR’s Digital Library Federation (June 2021- October 2021)
Project Archivist, Archives Assistant Brooklyn Academy of Music (2019-2022)
Archival Consultant Black Dance Stories (2022)
Project Archivist Pratt Institute (2021)
Board Relations Associate Brooklyn Academy of Music (2018-2019)
African Arts Project Coordinator Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center (2015-2018)
Teaching Artist Magic Box Productions (2016)
Archival Projects + Exhibitions
2024 The Hemispheric Institute, We Not New To This, We True To This, 2024 Associate Research Archivist, Funded by The Mellon Foundation
2022 Miami Art Basel, Prime Videos RICHES exhibition The Crown We Never Take Off, Artist/Archival Producer
2022 The Hemispheric Institute, AGENCY + PROCESS #000000, 2022 Curator In Residence, Funded by The Mellon Foundation
2021 Brooklyn Academy of Music, DanceAfrica Timeline, Archivist
2020 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dance Africa Council of Elders, Oral History Project (Delayed due to COVID-19), Archivist
2020 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Unbound:Dapper Dan, Artist Talk, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem, Recording Archivist
2020 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Toni Morrison’s Black Book at BAM, Archival Tour Archivist/Speaker
Press + Mentions
2023 InStyle How Hip-Hop's '90s and Y2K Beauty Trends Helped Shape Its Legacy, Black Beauty Archives
2022 Art Net News Prime Video Is Staging a Show of African Artists During Miami Art Week to Promote Its New Series ‘Riches’, Black Beauty Archives
2022 CNN How Black archives are highlighting overlooked parts of history and culture, Black Beauty Archives
2022 The Hollywood Reporter Critic’s Notebook: Rediscovering Black Life Through the Archives, Black Beauty Archives
2022 Oprah Daily! The Black Beauty Archives Are Preserving an Important Piece of Black History, Black Beauty Archives
Events
2024 Fashion & Race Database, Case Study Presentation: Black Beauty Archive, Guest Presenter
2023 Fashion Institute of Technology, Black Beauty Archives: 50 Years of Beauty In Hip-Hop, Guest Lecturer
2023 Project Stand x AUC Library, Project STAND’s Second Residency Program, ‘Archiving Joy & Trauma: The Humanization of BIPOC Communities’, Panelist
2023 Queens Public Library, Hip-Hop 50 Summit, “Switch The Style Up: Fashion In Hip-Hop”, Panelist
2023 Arts in Education Roundtable, “Archives As A Response To Erasure”, Panelist
2022 The Hemispheric Institute, AGENCY + PROCESS #000000, 2022 Curator In Residence, Funded by The Mellon Foundation
2022 BAM, DanceAfrica 2022: Council of Elders Roundtable: Legacy & Preservation, Curator & Facilitator
2022 African Daughters of the Diaspora (A.D.D) Presents Black Beauty…Past, Present and Future”, Guest Speaker
2022 Florida State University, “Urban Bush Women Archives: Developments & Updates”, Speaker
2022 Harvard, The Winthrop House Race Relations Team Presents: “Originators: A Discussion On Creating Iconic, Black Art”, Panelist
2021 Archiving The Black Web National Forum, For The Culture - Black Memory and Storytelling On The Web, Panelist
2021 Society of American Archivists (SAA) Panel, Black Beauty Archives: Decolonizing The Archive, Curator/Host
2020 BAM, A Tribute to Toni Morrison: Archival Tour, Speaker/Host
2017 SUNY Purchase, BLACK FUTURES Panel, Speaker/Host
2017 SUNY Purchase, Black Girl Magic Masterclass, Curator/Host
Memberships
Black Memory Workers Group
Society of American Archivists
Association for Computers and the Humanities
National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA)
Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network (CHMSN)
International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)
Dance/USA Preservation & Affinity Group
Education
2023 In Progress Queens College Graduate School of Library Science, MLIS
2023 Fashion Institute of Technology, Beauty Industry Essentials Certification
2017 SUNY Purchase College of Arts & Design, BA in Art History minor in Global Black Studies
Awards
2018 Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center 40th Anniversary Gala, Visionary Award
2016 SUNY Purchase Multicultural Center, Best Program Award for Black Girl Magic Masterclass
2016 Magic Box Productions Star of the Month, Educators Award
Internships
2017 Guggenheim Museum, School & Youth Programs Education Intern
2015 Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, Arts Administration Intern