Systems + contexts have always been a driving forces. As I made my way through my graduate programs and training experiences, my systemic-relational lens expanded my commitment to creating space for folx with shared lived experiences. Moving to Chicago and becoming a member of BYP 100 is where the power of *healing in community* became REAL for me. Here I began to build intentional bridges between liberation and healing.

My Aquarius sun + Mercury allows me to understand the ancestral assignment of disrupting systems of harm, oppression, and exploitation. Aligned in the legacy of the fierce women who raised me, my devotion to ecologies of resilience + community care actualizes in and outside of the therapy room. Advocacy, writing, facilitation, teaching, education, community outreach, and consultation are inseparable from my clinical work if I embody my value of politicized healing. I am active in event production, digital storytelling creation, and community building through my work with the award-winning collective and cultural hub Party Noire and as a member of the Board of Directors at Affinity Community Services. When I am not engaged in clinical and creative practices, I am eating a seafood boil, riding bikes and hiking with my partner, spending time with our dog, Joe Flex Louis, collecting sneakers, and communicating via my love language, gifs.