My professional background is diverse, which in retrospect has served me well. I started my career in technology at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and then at Hallmark Cards. During that time I also performed in local theater and film productions. I was the production assistant for the team that launched Science City, which introduced me to the power in merging education and creative production. In those early years I also managed youth leadership development programs for the City of Kansas City and COMBAT. Eventually my journey led me to New York City where I earned a Master’s in Media Ecology: Communication & Film Production from the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. Being in the Big Apple gave me access to production opportunities with HBO, American Montage, and the Black Filmmaker Foundation. My work continued in Washington, DC where I further merged my production and education interests, producing nationally broadcast television and radio spots for BET, serving as founding Executive Director for the DC Film Alliance, directing the MHz Shortz Student Film Festival, and being a media production trainer, outreach specialist, and content producer at Arlington Independent Media. Upon returning to Kansas City I had the opportunity to use all of my experience in my first role at the Kansas City Public Library. In my subsequent ten years there, I created a new position that eventually transformed into the Director of Strategic Learning; created a brand new department, the Kansas City Digital Media Lab (KCDML), which brings together project-based and interest driven learning with supportive adults to help youth level up both personally and professionally; co-created the inaugural racial equity team; collaborated with community members to design a technology to connect youth to out-of-school opportunities and as a Co-Principal Investigator, secured a National Science Foundation award to support the development of the tech; and I had the opportunity to impact the philosophical direction of the Library’s Youth & Family Engagement Department. Ultimately, a consistent theme of my professional career has been being able to create positions, projects, initiatives that had not previously existed. I find that kind of work both challenging and exhilarating. Starting Walkabout Woman Enterprises allows me to continue collaborating and creating, and I look forward to the adventure that awaits. "Principle is not bound by precedent. There is no law in the Universe that seeks to perpetuate old limitation." Ernest Holmes