Education
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Thomas More University, 2021
Minors: Spanish & Creative Writing
Summa Cum Laude
Solo Exhibitions/Projects
"Murmurations", National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 2023
"Sanctuaries", Cincinnati Art Museum, 2022
"Strange Fruit", Eva G. Farris Gallery, 2021
Group Exhibitions/Projects
"Voices of Freedom", Kennedy Heights Arts Center, 2022
"The Gift", Wave Pool, 2022
"The Way We See Ourselves", ArtWorks V2 Gallery, 2021
"Summerfair Emerging Artists Exhibition", Online, 2020
Performances/Speeches
Georgia O'Keeffe, The Power of Place and the Creative Ecosystem, Keynote Speaker, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2023
TEDxTalk, Mainstage Speaker, University of Cincinnati, 2022
Secret Walls Battle, AGAR Co., Blink 2022
"Express Urban Appalachia Showcase", Contributing Poet, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 2019
42nd Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference – “AppalachA'ville: Engage. Sustain. Innovate.” Presenter, UNC Asheville, 2019
Poetry Night at Sitwells “Crossing the Event Horizon”, Featured Poet, On Zoom, 2020
What Matters? Creative Empathy, Community Care Ethics, and Story-Listening (With Frank X Walker, George Ella Lyon, Manuel Iris, & Others), Guest Artist/Poet, On Zoom, 2020
For the Love of Black Men (With Lex Nycole), Body Painter, The Mercantile Library, 2021
Publications
Appalachia (Un)Broken - Volume 22: Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel, Contributing Poet, 2019
Words Literary Journal, Contributing Artist and Poet, 2018 - 2020
Urban Appalachian Community Coalition, Contributing Poet, 2019
Artist-In-Residence
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, October 2022. Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati Art Museum, January - November, 2022. Cincinnati, OH
Contemporary Arts Center, March - May, 2022. Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, October, 2021. Cincinnati, OH
Kennedy Heights Art Center, August, 2021 - December, 2021. Cincinnati, OH
Awards/Scholarships
Ohio Arts Council's Individual Excellence Award, 2022
Carl B. Westmoreland Inaugural Fellow, 2022-23
ArtWorks Cincinnati Cabinet Member 2022-23
ArtsWave Truth & Reconciliation Grant, 2022
Cincinnati Art Club Award, 2021
Best in Show, Thomas More University, "Strange Fruit", 2021
Outstanding Senior Award, Creative & Performing Arts, 2021
Appalachian Award in Poetry, 2021
RUCA Award for Poetry, 2021
RUCA Award for Poetry, 2019
Sandra L. Cuni Award, 2020
Sandra L. Cuni Award, 2019
Kate Bilbo Aspiring Writer Award, 2020
Kate Bilbo Aspiring Writer Award, 2019
Global Perspectives Brown Grant Award, 2020
Western Kentucky University’s President’s List for KIIS Study Abroad, 2020
Urban Appalachian Leadership Project Grant Recipient, 2019
Outstanding English Major, 2019
Thomas More University’s Dean’s List, 2017-2021
Governor’s Scholars Program Alumnus, 2016