BIOGRAPHY
During the pandemic years (2019-2022), I did a lot of work around parent organizing and serving on the SSC at Oakland elementary schools. Most recently, I completed my Black Family Engagement Fellowship sponsored by Bay Area PLAN and J4OS Coalition. For the fellowship, I worked in collaboration with Attitudinal Healing Connection to organize a Black Equity Project to produce a 25 ft. mural at Grass Valley Elementary in Oakland.
Formerly, I was a K-12 art teacher and administrator with Charter Schools in Oakland, serving students at multiple OUSD campuses.
I graduated from UC Berkeley, with a degree in English. Later, I completed the Apparel Design and Merchandising program at Alameda College.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ART EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2018
-SNAP!, Juried Show, Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco
-The Art of Living Black, Group Exhibition & Open Studio, 416 Warehouse -Oakland
2017
-Meaning Through Making, Juried Show, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley
-ArtSlant.com, Juried Group Exhibition, 7th Round, "Drawing" Category Winner, Online
-The Awesome Foundation, Grant Winner, Oakland Chapter
2012
-Oakland Re-Create 2012 Art Contest and Exhibition, MOCHA Juried Group Exhibition, 3rd Place Winner, Millsmont Academy, Oakland
2011
-The Gift, Juried Group Exhibition, Market Street Gallery, SF
2010
-The Departed, CD Listening Party/ Vocal Performance, Air Lounge, Oakland
-Block Report, Radio Interview for The Departed, KPFA 94.1, Berkeley
-Fresh Steps, Vocal Performance, Luka’s Bar and Taproom, Oakland
-Tourettes With No Regrets, Vocal Performance, Oakland Metro Operahouse, Oakland
2009
-A Circle of Culture: Traditions, Movement, Power, Curator/Group Exhibition, Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, State of California Building, Oakland
-Transformative Visions - OneLife Institute, Juried Group Exhibition, Studio One, Oakland
-Mario B: Fashion Maration, Featured Designer, Malonga Casquelourd Theater, Oakland
2008
-Oakland Artisan Marketplace, Vendor, Jack London Square, Oakland
-The Art of Living Black, Juried Satellite Exhibition Winner: Cultural Connections, Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, State of California Building, Oakland
2007
Delta Sigma Theta/UC Berkeley), 2nd Annual Auction, Jack London Aquatic Center, Oakland
2006
100 Families Oakland, Public Art/Group Exhibition at the Oakland Museum, Oakland
2005
Featured Artist, Gotta’ Have It Artworks, Limited Ed. Release of “Kin”, Pinole
2004
Healing Expressions: Artistic Therapy for the Soul, CityFlight Magazine; Sep. p.15
2003
The Art of Living Black, Juried Satellite Exhibition Winner: Crossing Bridges, CBS Marketwatch.com/ KPIX Bldg., SF
