Curriculum Vitae
Writing Roles
Chocolate Soul Revival - Communications Manager
Produced internal and external communications, including writing and editing copy for press materials, web and internal newsletter.
Determined strategic communications campaigns to further organizational goals.
Wrote and delivered internal newsletter on a monthly basis
BAMBD Fest 2019 - Social Media Specialist
Created and implemented social media marketing plan and editorial calendar
Maintained company social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram)
Tracked and analyzed analytics reports to gain insight on traffic, demographics, and effectiveness;
Built meaningful connections and encouraged community members through dialogue and messaging
The Movement Newspaper - Associate Editor
Worked closely with the Senior Editor to ensure editorial excellence
Proofread and edited submitted content
Checked content and layouts for accuracy, flow, design and style
Curated Literary events and workshops
Facilitator. Sista's Our Soil is Fertile Retreat. BH Brilliant Minds, October 2021.
Literary Arts Curator. Black to the Future. BAMBD Festival 2021, August 2021
Facilitator. Just Write Youth Writing Group. East Bay Innovation Academy, September 2019- June 2020
Facilitator. Black Women Write: Writing Workshop. Zoom, February 2020
Facilitator. Women Write: Creative Writing Workshop. Joyce Gordon Gallery, February 2019
Curator/ facilitator. Free Write: Creative Writing and Poetry workshop, Covenant House Oakland, CA July 2017- 2018
Co-founder/ Facilitator, Poetry in the Park: Oakland, Varies Oakland Parks, Summer 2016 & Summer 2017
Co-founder/ Host, Feeding the Artist Within Open Mic Series, J Posh Design Studio, Oakland, CA- 2012-2015
Curator/ Facilitator, My Sister, Not my Competition: African American Girls Empowerment Workshop, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA- 2016
Books
What We Carry: Stories Black Women Never Tell Volume 6. Berkeley: Healthy Black Families inc. Anthology. 2019
The Journal of Pan African Studies Volume 4: Issue II: California: 2010. Poetry Anthology
Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work that Reconnects. Berkeley: New Society Publishers. Poetry.2014
Journey to Womanhood: A Poetic Rite of Passage. Berkeley: Black Bird Press. 2011. Memoir and Poetry.
Publications
“Dear White People”, Deep Times: A Journal of The Work that Reconnects, August 2017
“Black Girls don’t Cry in Public”, The Movement 1.4 , February 1, 2017
“My Sister, Not my Competition”, Soar, ForHarriet.com, March 4, 2016, http://soar.forharriet.com/2016/03/my-sister-not-my-competition-poem.html#axzz4O1BtL0dU-
“A letter to the Elders”, Vision Magazine, Berkeley Juneteenth, June 19,2016