Implement & coordinate environmental justice initiatives in the organization, with a focus on addressing environmental & health disparities in the Black community.Serve as the Midwest Convener for Climate Justice Alliance.Serve on the Leadership Team of the National Black Food & Justice Alliance.1. Develop & implement programs & initiatives that address environmental justice issues in the Black community, including access to fresh clean food, water, air, and energy.2. Collaborate with community organizations, government agencies, & other stakeholders to promote environmental justice policies & programs.3. Educate community members about environmental justice issues & help them empower themselves to take action to improve their communities.4. Conduct research & analyze data related to environmental justice issues in the Black community, & use findings to inform program development & advocacy efforts.5. Plan & facilitate community meetings, workshops, & other events to promote environmental justice & engage community members in advocacy efforts.6. Monitor & evaluate the effectiveness of environmental justice initiatives & make recommendations for improvement.7. Represent the organization at community meetings, events, & other public forums related to environmental justice.8. Collaborate with other staff members & volunteers to ensure that environmental justice initiatives are integrated into the organization's overall mission & goals.* I have experience working on environmental justice issues, particularly in communities of color.* I have knowledge of environmental justice policies, laws, & regulations.* I have strong organizational, communication, & interpersonal skills.* I have the ability to work independently & collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.* I have experience with community organizing & advocacy.* I have demonstrated commitment to social justice & equity.

Scope out & plan a grassroots training program from start to finish, including vision, goals, strategy, & timelineDevelop curriculum, training materials, quizzes, agendas, & slides for training modules ranging from Facilitation Skills to Action planning to Anti-Oppression.Develop a community of peers who are leading trainers & practitioners at allied organizations & movements to feature their talents & to enhance collaboration across the movement & knowledge-sharingWork with leaders & staff to build political power for our members through cultural offerings & by establishing organizational traditionsTrain teams of community members in leadership & organizing with a cultural groundingSupport Organizing & Field Organizing teams in the creation of training arches & calendarsSupport the use of arts, culture & traditional organizing motifs in public facing issue campaign tactics including, digital actions, marches, rallies, press conferences, or lobby meetingsBuild the skills & capacity of members through one on one meetings & workshops/training to take on leadership rolesIdentify new leaders who are ready to participate in organizationAssist with the coordination of events, such as the annual meeting, actions, accountability sessions & small group meetings with decision-makersContribute to the development of the “Culture Council” & other informal networks of Arts & Cultural workersLiaise with allied organizations & partners to identify training & action opportunitiesCollaborate with other teams & members to create & support Conflict Resolution framework that reinforces principled struggle and team buildingSupport youth organizing programming, leadership development & trainingPartner with Research & Data teams to improve power analysis & external research processesWork with Communication team & other artists to produce digital contentManage a regular schedule of virtual training & strategy/issue briefings

• Generate unique concepts for photo shoots.• Understand fashions, style and fabrics and how to shoot them.• Pre-and post-production including photographing, designing lighting, designing sets, assembling the styling team, retouching and editing negatives, digital images, and editing footage. • Work closely with designers and fashion houses to ensure they are portraying the desired image for the brand. • Work in studio and carry out shoots on location.• Direct on set; instruct models and other set personnel.• Produce portfolios of work.• International and domestic travel.• Magazines: French Vogue, British Elle, National Geographic, GQ, French Glamour, Marie Claire, AOL’s Stylelist, Essence, Spin, Styline, Ambassador, Clear, BLAC, SixDegrees, Mass Appeal, Trace, King, Honey, Muse, Icon, Urban Latino.• Commercial Advertizing Campaigns: BET, MTV, VH1, Nike, Jordan Brand, McCann Erickson, Candies, The Ad Council.• Record Labels: Island Def Jam Group, Universal Music Group, Disturbing the Peace Records, Suburban Noize Records.• Runway & Behind the Scenes of the Collections at: OLYMPUS Fashion Week & MERCEDES BENZ Fashion Week.• Catalogs: Vanilla Sky Jeans. • Galleries: N'Namdi Gallery NYC• Lectures, Panels, & Workshops: Notre Dame University, St. Mary’s College, Brown University, Ohio State University, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Eastern Michigan University, The Hip Hop Literacies Conference, The Detroit Sound Conference, The Ecomusicology Conference, The Women in Hip Hop Panel at Hip Hop Congress, Reimagining Work Conference, The African World Festival, The Musicology Exhibition at Cranbrook Institute, The New School’s Tishman Environment & Design Center, in collaboration with the Social Movements + Innovation Lab Environmental Justice Movement Fellowship

Logistics Coordinator for events & workshops with EMEAC (East Michigan Environmental Action Council) members. Bring in new events and create new workshops. Set up an events calendar, create a workshop schedule & regularly schedule & solicit content for an e­-newsletter.Work with the Executive Director & the Curator of Education to produce lecture series for youth audiences, opening receptions, interactive exhibitions, open studio programs, & other programming. Assist in the management of communications, including press releases, calendar listings, social media & blog postings. Create & nourish links with local schools & community organizations.Provide leadership & strategic direction. Manage staff and consultants, drawing out & cultivating their best work, & providing evaluation, feedback, & support.Develop & coordinate campaign strategy. Monitor landscape & strategic opportunities for Campaigns.Oversee implementation & evaluation of campaigns.Ensure alignment of strategy, work, mission & vision.Organizing communities for a just transition & building baseDevelop & implement outreach & organizing planCoordinate development of grassroots organizing & base building goals, as well as their implementationDevelop member agreements & working principles & help cultivate healthy group dynamics.Building with allies locally & beyondCultivate relationships with strategic partners, policy makers, & other stakeholdersRepresent organization on the national planning calls & committeesProvide strategic leadership for & coordination of gatheringsIdentify & coordinate opportunities to promote Campaigns through public speaking, media, etc.

Engagement through the Arts Specialist:Work with arts/cultural organizations in southwest Detroit with particular emphasis on working within the Latino community. Assist the Director of Community Engagement in working with varied arts/cultural groups within the southwest sector of the city to promote arts/culture as both and educational and economic development strategy. • advocate for and encourage that resident and civic engagement perspectives are instrumental to and should be used in arts programming within the geographic area • advocate for and educate members of the southwest Detroit community on the role of arts for effective civic and youth engagement strategies around race equity, youth leadership development, etc. • assist in the development of a resident/community engagement strategy for the VISTA project (detailed below) • work with member schools/organizations of the Community Schools effort in southwest Detroit.

• Promote the gallery to an international audience.• Promote artists, upcoming exhibitions and events to the media.• Draft and submit press releases for exhibitions and gallery events.• Be the direct liaison with the public regarding gallery space rentals and special events.• Create strategic partnerships and secure underwriting for major gallery programming.• Plan, organize, research, coordinate, and create the exhibition design, manage installation, lighting, label copy, educational components and lectures.• Design, schedule and manage exhibitions for the gallery.• Supervise student interns and assistants, and various other projects and performances and assignments as needed. • Manage artwork inventories, sales records, contacts, website content and social media.• Design website, flyers, posters, and all marketing materials.• Overseeing the physical appearance of the gallery and office.• Build the reputation of the gallery and encourage visitors and buyers.• Develop and maintain contact lists.• Keep up to date with trends and make decisions about future exhibitions and performances. • Develop and maintain good contacts with artists, agents and art critic.• Work with designers to create interesting exhibitions in the gallery space.• Manage, advise, develop, and book aspiring and professional artists in their pursuit of a professional career.• Liaise with schools and colleges, local art groups and adult education institutes to build relations and encourage them to visit gallery regularly. • Arrange private viewings for collectors, art critics and individuals who have bought from the gallery, Create mass emails, invitations and press releases, social media and all marketing, Promote aesthetic vision of gallery while remaining detail oriented in fast paced environment.• Write grants and secure funding.• Create and write curriculum for gallery programming to be used in schools.

Use my understanding of the industry and changing trends to offer less alternatives for high fashion photo stories to emerging and smaller magazines and fashion labels. Organizing ideas into finished product.

Research images for story concepts. Organize Photographers’ portfolios. Develop picture research for special projects (The Poiret exhibition at the reopening of The Costume Institute inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Archive of Vogue’s premier photographers (vintage and recent work).

I was featured on TYRA BANKS' VH1 show "The Shot". I came out as one of the final 7 contestants. I had the best picture 4 times (out of four episodes), and I was chosen as team leader twice.

Responsible for how clothing is presented in advertising campaigns. Work closely with designers and fashion houses to ensure they are portraying the desired image for the brand. Work in studio and carry out shoots on location.Meet with designers to generate unique concepts for photo shoots.Understanding fashions, style and fabrics and how to shoot them.Use different types of lighting and modern technologies in photography such as photo editing software.Directing on set; instructing models and other set personnel.Producing portfolios of work.International and domestic travel.

Facilities, camera, and lighting equipment maintenance, supported photo pre-production, production, & post-production for shoots, prepared studios and location carts for shoots, scheduled and organized prop set/paint set up & clean up, responsible for production truck insurance, performed grip inventory.Specialties: Photography, Cinematography, Videography, Lighting Design, Production Design, Set Design, Art Direction, Photo Retouching, Web Design, Interactive Design.Any grip work, minor carpentry & set building.studio/office support (light administrative duties)New York State drivers license & United States passport35mm Pro series: Canon EOS, Nikon D, Olympus E-1.Medium: Hassleblad, H-1, 6x4.5 and 6x7: Mamiya &Pentax.Large: Sinar, Toyo, and Calumet 4x5 and 8x10 systems.Backs: Leaf, Phase One, Sinar, Imacon.Lighting: Profoto, Broncolor, Hensel, Quantum, Dynalite, hmi’s, Kinoflo'sall Minolta Sekonic meters.Programs: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Director, Flash, Word, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, Final Cut Pro, MS Word

Film editing, organizing and assisting on shoots, including loading and downloading film, maintained and prepared camera and lighting equipment, propping shots, meter readings, and location scouting. Supported photo pre-production, production, & post-production for shoots. Handle insurance, carne list, organize travel and accommodations.Photographers I've Assisted: Kwaku Alston, John Akhurst, Gilles Bensimon, Iris Brosch, Regan Cameron, Patrick Cariou, Fabio Chizzola, Richard Corman, Andrew Dossunmu, Sean Ellis, Daniella Federici, Torkil Gudnason, Jack Guy, Steven Klein, Wayne Maser, Robert Maxwell, Craig McDean, Sioux Nesi, David Seidner, Karina Tiara, Max Vadukul, and Kenneth Willardt.Specialties: Photography, Cinematography, Videography, Lighting Design, Production Design, Set Design, Art Direction, Photo Retouching, Web Design, Interactive Design.Any grip work, minor carpentry & set building.studio/office support (light administrative duties)New York State drivers license & United States passport35mm Pro series: Canon EOS, Nikon D, Olympus E-1.Medium: Hassleblad, H-1, 6x4.5 and 6x7: Mamiya &Pentax.Large: Sinar, Toyo, and Calumet 4x5 and 8x10 systems.Backs: Leaf, Phase One, Sinar, Imacon.Lighting: Profoto, Broncolor, Hensel, Quantum, Dynalite, hmi’s, Kinoflo'sall Minolta Sekonic meters.Programs: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Director, Flash, Word, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, Final Cut Pro, MS Word

Facilities, camera, and lighting equipment maintenance, supported photo pre-production, production, & post-production for shoots, prepared studios and location carts for shoots, scheduled and organized prop set/paint set up & clean up, responsible for production truck insurance, performed grip inventory.Specialties: Photography, Cinematography, Videography, Lighting Design, Production Design, Set Design, Art Direction, Photo Retouching, Web Design, Interactive Design.Any grip work, minor carpentry & set building.studio/office support (light administrative duties)New York State drivers license & United States passport35mm Pro series: Canon EOS, Nikon D, Olympus E-1.Medium: Hassleblad, H-1, 6x4.5 and 6x7: Mamiya &Pentax.Large: Sinar, Toyo, and Calumet 4x5 and 8x10 systems.Backs: Leaf, Phase One, Sinar, Imacon.Lighting: Profoto, Broncolor, Hensel, Quantum, Dynalite, hmi’s, Kinoflo'sall Minolta Sekonic meters.Programs: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Director, Flash, Word, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, Final Cut Pro, MS Word