Born and raised in Detroit, MI, I lived performance at an early age through my mother, a professional dancer & dance teacher within the Detroit Public School system.  

Long before I could understand movement as artistry, I could comprehend pleasure and observed how pain can share the stage or even be overshadowed by beauty.

Modern dance techniques inform much of my practice. I am heavily influenced by Alvin Ailey and the diffusing of collective, generational memories into interdisciplinary practice. 

I operate under the premise that there is a utopia that exists within us and all around us. To survive, we must ignore the real potential for utopia, otherwise, run the risk of holding ourselves responsible for the harm we cause.

Using the pain pleasure principle as a framework, I am passionate about alchemizing avoidance of difficult topics to inspire capacity beyond awareness, 

confronting the circumstances that keep us from ourselves, each other, and our utopia.