Before I got into journalism, I spent two decades in the art world, organizing exhibitions and writing about contemporary art. At the Brooklyn Museum, I managed the interpretation program, overseeing wall labels and educational materials for over thirty exhibitions. Later, I became the founding editor of Art21 Magazine, a digital publication affiliated with the award-winning PBS television series Art in the Twenty-First Century.

I’ve written for a range of publications, including ARTnews, Civil Eats, Hyperallergic, Gastronomica, Public Art Review, Oakland North, two Phaidon Press volumes, and the anthology “Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing.” In 2019, I received the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.

These days, I write about food, health, culture, and the environment. I’ve reported stories about Black rice farmers adopting eco-friendly practices in the American South, community responses to Oakland’s first environmental plan, a dementia study that takes the form of a cooking class for Black and Latinx elders, and more.

When I’m not writing, I’m exploring nature with my wife and our entitled English Pointer, or helping other women of color recover from burnout and adopt sustainable work practices.

People often tell me I “think like an artist,” which sums me up nicely. I’m insatiably curious, have a talent for connecting seemingly unrelated ideas, and an inner drive to create.