RootedRigorousBeautiful
Strategy, photography, and creative vision.Based in Chattanooga, TN.
For over a decade, I've worked where people, strategy, creativity, and place meet. I hold collaboration as standard and outcomes as shared. I believe form and function dance rather than compete.
My “I” is always informed by my “we.”
Let's get to work.
I am a proud Black son of Appalachia, of its mountains, hollers, valleys, and rivers. A son of poets, singers, players, and thinkers. A son of rebellion and rebuilding.
My work is, at its core, a pursuit of beauty, often the sort that emerges from the simple and mundane elements of life. Through photography, curatorial practice, and strategic consulting, I reflect the garden I tend.
A trained social scientist and experienced communications strategist, I've spent over a decade working at the center of community, culture, and change, inside philanthropic institutions, arts organizations, municipal government, small businesses, and political campaigns.
I know how these worlds think, how to move them, and how to build bridges between them.
Chattanooga is home. The aunties know my name. The coffee shops know my order. The poplars know my face.
- M.P.A., University of Pittsburgh
- Manager of Communications and Strategy, Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga
- Curator in Residence, Society of Work
- Solo Exhibition: The Matriarch Project, 2025
- Fmr. Community Arts Strategist, RISE Chattanooga
- Holmberg Arts Leadership Institute Alumnus
- Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Committee
- Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition Strategic Planning Steering Committee
- 8 photography exhibitions and 9 curatorial credits across venues including ClearStory, CHA Art Space at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport, Society of Work, RISE Chattanooga, and Chattanooga City Hall
- Production and performance credits with Washington Performing Arts and Barrels to Beethoven in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C. at venues such as The Kennedy Center, Sixth & I, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Dupont Underground
Recent Film Photography
I love to travel, and every trip is a creative project. Inspiration comes from experiencing something, somewhere, someone new.
