United States
Versatile writer and copy editor specializing in storytelling and content development for educational and cultural institutions, foundations and nonprofits. I translate interviews and research into compelling feature articles, profiles and social content. Working alongside communications and program teams, I produce audience-centered, publication-ready narratives.
Institutional and Alumni Storytelling: Profiles & Features
"Legacy in Motion" explores the mentorship of Marion Hayden, Detroit's "Queen of the Bass" and 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist. The essay appears in Daughter of the Way, a monograph celebrating Hayden's five-decade musical journey. Role: Writer
The U.S. carceral system is a public-health crisis marked by widespread violence, overcrowding, and inadequate sanitation, healthcare, and mental-health resources. That was before the pandemic. Role: Writer
Black Art Library is the focus of an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), opening February 5 and on view through April 18. The exhibition showcases Asmaa Walton’s collection of nearly 400 books, research materials, and ephemera on Black visual art and artists. Role: Writer
Institutional and Alumni Storytelling: Editorial [Complete Publications]
Legacy edition of CCS’s annual magazine deep dives into nearly three decades of the institution’s history, reinvention and expansion and celebrates the tenure of former President Richard L. Rogers. Roles: Creative Strategy/Writer/Editor
Visually arresting, promotional 'zine highlights alumni accomplishments for a young adult audience. Inside: Black Panther, muralist Sydney G. James and world-class kicks. Roles: Magazine Co-Creator/Creative Strategy/Writer/Editor
Exhibition publication offers an expanded series of cross-disciplinary perspectives on photography in Ghana, Mali, and South Africa through the long 1960s—amid resistance, revolution, new nationalist and transnational movements, and the stuff of daily life. Role: Copy editor.
Women and girls of color are pivotal frontline leaders and organizers in the powerful social change movements that pave the way for a more equitable and just democracy. This report, Pocket Change: How Women and Girls of Color Do More With Less, seeks to better understand how they do this work and asks critical questions of philanthropy and donors. Role: Copy editor for Pocket Change and fact sheets
Practice Essay Series (Commission)
“That piece was about the death ritual [of Ancient Egyptians] and the goddess Maat,” Ezzat explains, noting that our hearts hold our virtues as well as our sins. Roles: Series Creator/Writer
Let’s not pretend, Kee seems to say, that the fear of harm (the apprehension) in this image can be viewed outside the broader context of that era’s fear of a “yellow peril”—and this one’s. But who’s in peril here? Roles: Series Creator/Writer
What can we discover that a pandemic hasn’t already taught us about the precious, and fleeting, nature of breathing? Or is it, rather, not what breath is or does—an automatic reflex—but what it tells us about the passage of time? Roles: Series Creator/Writer