Archives Experience
Founder & Principal Archivist, Black Beauty Archive
Web Archivist, The Shift Collective (January 2025 - Current)
Program Manager, Webrecorder (June 2023 - Current)
Advisory Board Member, Black Memory Workers (March 2024 - Current)
Project Archivist, Urban Bush Women (June 2021 - Current)
2025 Associate Research Archivist, NYU Hemispheric Institute (January 24’ - January 25’)
2024 Cohort Member, HBCU Digital Library Trust Copyright First Responders (HBCU Trust CFR) Cohort I (January 24’ - April 24’)
2022 Project Archivist/Archives Assistant, Brooklyn Academy of Music (2019-2022)
2022 Archival Consultant, Black Dance Stories (2022)
2021 Facilitator/Mentor, The Authenticity Project, HBCU Library Alliance + CLIR’s Digital Library Federation (June 21’- October 21’)
2021 Project Archivist, Pratt Institute (2021)
2019 Board Relations Associate, Brooklyn Academy of Music (2018-2019)
2018 African Arts Project Coordinator, Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center (2015-2018)
2016 Teaching Artist, Magic Box Productions (2016)
Archival Projects + Exhibitions
2024 The Hemispheric Institute, We Not New To This, We True To This, 2024 Associate Research Archivist, Funded by The Mellon Foundation
2022 Miami Art Basel, Prime Videos RICHES exhibition The Crown We Never Take Off, Artist/Archival Producer
2022 The Hemispheric Institute, AGENCY + PROCESS #000000, 2022 Curator In Residence, Funded by The Mellon Foundation
2021 Brooklyn Academy of Music, DanceAfrica Timeline, Archivist
2020 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Dance Africa Council of Elders, Oral History Project (Delayed due to COVID-19), Archivist
2020 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Unbound:Dapper Dan, Artist Talk, Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem, Recording Archivist
2020 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Toni Morrison’s Black Book at BAM, Archival Tour Archivist/Speaker
Press + Mentions
2023 InStyle How Hip-Hop's '90s and Y2K Beauty Trends Helped Shape Its Legacy, Black Beauty Archives
2022 Art Net News Prime Video Is Staging a Show of African Artists During Miami Art Week to Promote Its New Series ‘Riches’, Black Beauty Archives
2022 CNN How Black archives are highlighting overlooked parts of history and culture, Black Beauty Archives
2022 The Hollywood Reporter Critic’s Notebook: Rediscovering Black Life Through the Archives, Black Beauty Archives
2022 Oprah Daily! The Black Beauty Archives Are Preserving an Important Piece of Black History, Black Beauty Archives
Memberships
Appraisers Association of America
Society of American Archivists (SAA)
Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH)
National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA)
Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network (CHMSN)
Professional Beauty Association (PBA)
International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC)
Dance/USA Preservation & Affinity Group
Education
2025 In Progress Appraisers Association of America, Comprehensive Appraisal Studies Program (CASP) Certification
2025 In Progress Spelman College, Cosmetic Science Certification (eSpelman)
2023 In Progress Queens College Graduate School of Library Science, MLIS
2023 Fashion Institute of Technology, Beauty Industry Essentials Certification
2017 SUNY Purchase College of Arts & Design, BA in Art History minor in Global Black Studies
Awards
2018 Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center 40th Anniversary Gala, Visionary Award
2016 SUNY Purchase Multicultural Center, Best Program Award for Black Girl Magic Masterclass
2016 Magic Box Productions Star of the Month, Educators Award
Internships
2017 Guggenheim Museum, School & Youth Programs Education Intern
2015 Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, Arts Administration Intern