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Greater Boston Area

I explore identity and social justice issues through the lens of culture, the arts and everyday people.

As a columnist I explore identity through the lens of pop culture, the arts and social justice. Sometimes this means tackling the brutality and inequality that leads us to chant Black Lives Matter, to fight rape culture and understand that the revolution must be intersectional. Other times this means explaining the political importance of Kendrick Lamar or.

Lifestyle & Entertainment reporter, music critic and nightlife columnist

Crafted a journalism course and led workshops exploring voice and critical question-asking to develop feature writing skills. Assignments included profile writing, a personal column, four-hour assignment and an enterprise feature.

Greater Boston Area

During my fellowship, I studied the role of the arts in social justice. I did research on visual arts, black literature, advocacy and photography in an effort to better understand the intersection of pop culture, the arts, equality and identity. Through intensive workshops and master classes on non-fiction writing, public speaking, podcasting, video and.

As writer and editor for KicksonFire.com, I covered all things sneaker culture. But the heart of my beat was empowering women in kicks culture. Along with Jazerai Lord, I co-created a hashtag, #chicksonfire, bringing women to the forefront of a culture often dominated by men. I profiled women designers, collectors and influencers in an effort to raise.

Blogger. At Nerdlike, the mission was to bridge the gap between hip-hop and hipster. I helped curate topics, profile progressive thinkers and test new nerd tech. In the early days of Twitter, we even highlighted new people to follow.

TRIP was a one-year program in which interns spend fourmonths at three Knight Ridder papers across the country as full-time reporters.

Edit section, assign stories and write features