Previous Work
Fayetteville Youth Summit
Produced a summit for 200 underrepresented youth in Fayetteville, NC
Atlanta Youth Technology Exposure Trip
Provided 40 underrepresented students with an travel to Atlanta for a technology exposure opportunity.
CGI U 2023 Skills Session: Creating and Fostering an Inclusive Team
Featured panelist in a conversation around Creating and Fostering an Inclusive Team
Dreamville Festival Externship
The Two-Six Project teamed up with local celebrity barber & entrepreneur VicBlends and Barber Kings for our first annual giveback event. The event provide free toys, haircuts, food, and clothing for hundreds of kids in the Fayetteville area. We partnered with Walmart, Tulsa Initiative , DJ Ricoveli, and received a donation from local NBA Star Dennis Smith Jr.
Charlotte Youth Exposure Experience
Provided 40 underrepsented students with an opporutnity to travel to the Charlotte Hornets facility to learn about careers in sports from executives.
2020 Adobe Max HBCU Max Series
Served as the Executive Producer for the 2020 HBCU Max Series. The Adobe MAX (formerly Macromedia MAX) conference is an annual event held by Adobe Systems in North America, Europe and Japan. This series highlighted projects created at Morehouse College, Spelman College, Howard University, and Winston Salem State University.
Clinton Global Initiative: Entrepreneurship for Impact & Building an Inclusive Economy in an Uncertain World
Featured panelist in a conversation around Entrepreneurship for Impact & Building an Inclusive Economy in an Uncertain World. The conversation was moderated by President Bill Clinton.
2021 Adobe Max HBCU Max Series
Served as the Executive Producer for the 2021 HBCU Max Series. The Adobe MAX (formerly Macromedia MAX) conference is an annual event held by Adobe Systems in North America, Europe and Japan.
Vic Blends x NFL (Roger Goodell)
Assistant Producer for Vic Blends conversation with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
Two-Six Project: VicBlends Christmas Community Giveback
The Two-Six Project teamed up with local celebrity barber & entrepreneur VicBlends and Barber Kings for our first annual giveback event. The event provide free toys, haircuts, food, and clothing for hundreds of kids in the Fayetteville area. We partnered with Walmart, Tulsa Initiative , DJ Ricoveli, and received a donation from local NBA Star Dennis Smith Jr.
Project IMPACT
The Project I.M.P.A.C.T (Impacting Morehouse Preparing for After College Transition) program was a one-day leadership and character development program designed for high achieving juniors/seniors at Morehouse College. The goal of the program was to connect 40-50 high impact Morehouse students with companies to create a unique platform to cultivate leadership and impact. The program consisted of speakers, workshops, and a creative masterclass that all align with enhancing leadership, professional development, and social impact in communities. By utilizing Google as an incubator for leadership development, students will be exposed to a variety of resources that improved their ability to be successful in any post-secondary endeavors.
Morehouse Mamba Tournament
Organized the first annual Morehouse Mamba Basketball tournament. Morehouse Mamba was a basketball tournament establish to honor the life of Kobe Bryant in the Atlanta University Center. The tournament engaged over 500 students and raised over $1000 for the MambaOnThree Foundation.
Research
Morehouse College: Idenity, Art, & Democracy Lab
The Identity, Art and Democracy Laboratory [IADL] was established by Dr. David Wall Rice to understand “the self” through narratives. In setting analysis on life stories, identity is understood in a more robust way because of the ability to push beyond stereotype with more complete and complex stories of and relating to the person. Within the Lab we are intentional in convening scientists, activists, students, artists, politicians, academics, organizers, and athletes. We do this calculating that one’s storied self is a process and product of human creativity and social life — art. Considering identity in this way also affords an opportunity to view how one frames and exercises their democratic space, or how they are visible. The Identity, Art and Democracy Lab, then, provides a novel way to move from “counting and summarizing” the complex identities of Black people to authentically engaging us, scaling toward new contours of freedom work and democracy.
UC Berkley & Stanford Graduate School of Business: IDDEAS
The IDDEAS at Berkeley event co-hosted by Stanford Graduate School Business and Berkeley Haas is a two-day program for undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds interested in research and academia. The program focused on learning about doctoral-level research while gaining advice about graduate school opportunities and insights on the application process. During the program, I worked with a group to design a study on the effect of leader race on ethical perceptions.
University of Georgia: Center for Research and Engagement in Diversity
Conducted psychological research on understanding first-generation faculty as bi-cultural boundary spanners and diversity champions, supervised by Dr. Kecia M. Thomas. Completed an extensive content analysis of common themes found in the data provided by first generation faculty. Collaborated with graduate students to check for interrelated reliability within the data. Presented the findings at the Psychology Summer Institute hosted by Spelman College, Morehouse College, and the University of Georgia.
Vanderbilt University: Exploration into Diversifying in Engineering Faculty Initiative
Under the supervision of Ebony McGee, my personal project focused on analyzing Black engineering faculty whose career trajectories include leadership often in the form of administrative positions. The research was part of a larger initiative investigating the institutional, technical, social, and cultural factors that affect decision-making, career choices, and career satisfaction for engineering and computing doctoral students, candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty who have been marginalized by race and/or gender.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Organizational Summer Science Institute
Completed a basic meta-analysis project with faculty and current graduate students on the relationship between authentic leadership and workplace engagement. Presented findings at the conclusion of the program to faculty and graduate students through a ten-minute Ignite presentation.
Fashion
Class of 2020 Tee
A vintage tee honoring the Class of 2020! Sold over 600 units in over 10 countries.
Morehouse Mamba Tee
A vintage tee honoring the late Kobe Bryant. Tees were used as a fundraising medium for the MambaOnThree Foundation.