Artist Statement

I look back to move forward. My practice wouldn’t exist without Queer African ancestors producing cultural innovations throughout the diaspora and time. We share the practice of enduring oppressive conditions and convening beloved communities to imagine more liberated futures.

My home is in West Oakland, CA and I grew up in East Topeka, KS, both areas were shaped by redlining, environmental racism, and systemic neglect. These realities align Black and Brown communities across the US facing similar histories of prejudice in federal policies and generations of racialized bodies. I utilize live, participatory, and interactive arts to create embodied experiences in response to these harms. Using consent forward practices, my radically public process is an ongoing experiment of performance as a tool for building connections between people, ideas, and resources to drive change in both geographic and identity-based communities. My creative drive is intertwined with cultural organizing and relationship-centered collaborations that build belonging, and generate original, form-defying theatre.