I attended The University of Illinois Chicago in the Interdisciplinary Education in the Arts program with a minor in Disability and Human Development. I am a multi-discipline artist, educator, and organizer from Chicago living in Phoenix with a passion for access/equity work and community based art. My work centers: organizing events, trainings, and initiatives for various groups, conducting LGBTQ and BIPOC research, working with Chicago and Phoenix based nonprofits, and learning the best ways to love myself and others.

Education

2023

Bachelors of Arts in Interdisciplinary Education of the Arts- University of Illinois Chicago 

2024

BIPOC Arts Teaching Artist Training Program- Phoenix Center for the Arts 

Residencies

2024-2027

Studio Artist Program- City of Tempe

Curriculum Taught

2024

Camp Zoo-Phoenix Zoo

Explorations in Embroidery- Phoenix Center for the Arts

Revolutionary Queer Protest Art- University of Arizona Queer and Trans Futures Conference

Playscapes- Vision Gallery

Creative Envisioning- Virtual

Monumental Designs- Xico

2023

Mind mapping- One n Ten Camp Outdoors 

Stitches and Threads- Northwestern Settlement Summer Camps

Creative Tutoring- North Lawndale Neighborhood Center 

2022

Kiki Studios- UIC Gender and Sexuality Center 

2021

Perma Park Design Workshop- Community Christian Alternative Academy

Economic Justice Summit 2021- LGBTQ Workers Center

2020

Economic Justice Summit 2020- LGBTQ Workers Center

Mask Sew-along- Virtual 

Exhibitions

2023

BIPOC Arts First Friday Exhibition, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix

Visionary Art Gallery, The White Room, Chicago

Pour One Out, Volumes Bookstore, Chicago

IDEAS Capstone exhibition, 5th Floor Gallery, Chicago

2022

TDOR collaborative mural, GSC Gallery, Chicago

Speaking Engagements

2024

Working While Black Expo- Black and LGBTQ Rights at Work

2021

Impact Day Symposium- Pass The Mic

Awards

2023

Hattie B. Woods-Heyden Award

2021

Flames Internship Grant