𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷

HONORING OUR ANCESTORS
BY GIVING THEM A VOICE

I advocate for those who are voiceless: the enslaved, persecuted, and marginalized. I also speak for those whose voices have been forgotten and erased from history.

As an ethnographer, oral historian, public speaker, educator, and living history interpreter, I actively revive the stories of individuals whose legacies are overlooked by time.

I engage in research, public speaking, oral history, and interpretation, which creates a vital connection between the past and the present. My work preserves the collective memories of living individuals whose stories I share. Thus, as an experienced public historian, I utilize my voice to offer accurate context and understanding of the complex historical narratives that define American history and the African American experience.

I do this by offering information through various creative platforms, including 18th-century cooking demonstrations at Monticello, plantation life presentations, Juneteenth celebrations at Sully Historic Site, farm life experiences at Ben Lomond, and events commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Battle of Bull Run, among others. I present in-person and Zoom lectures at the University of Virginia, my alma mater, as well as at George Mason University, public and private schools, and various Civil War Roundtables. Currently, I serve as a Historical Commissioner for Prince William County, Virginia, and as an advisor for the Fairfax County History Commission.  I am also completing my Ph.D. in Public History while working at the Center for Mason Legacy, where I am employed as a public historian.

My first book is titled *The Lost African American Communities of Merrifield, The Pines, and Williamstown has been released and can be purchased through Amazon