Consultancy
Editorial ~ Communications ~ Project Management
As a writer, educator, and social impact strategist, I help individuals and organizations tap into their potential to imagine beyond their goals. From helping a writer shape the narrative of a article to leading a nonprofit through a communications strategy, I use a personal and detailed approach to craft sustainable solutions.
I started my career in academia, learning optimal frameworks to engage audiences at the intersection of the public humanities and the nonprofit sector. I completed the PhD in English at the University of Michigan, where I studied twentieth-century African American literature and taught courses in the English Department Writing Program. My dissertation, Versing the Ghetto: African American Writers and the Urban Crisis, examines how writer Richard Wright and poet Gwendolyn Brooks of Chicago, pulp novelist Donald Goines of Detroit, and hip hop artist Master P of New Orleans responded to the post-World War II urban crisis through their depictions of residential space along intersections of poverty, policing, and public housing.
Since 2017, I have developed communications strategies and led public programs for such organizations as The Friends School of Atlanta, the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES), Cave Canem, and PEN America. Most recently, I received a certificate in Social Impact Management and Leadership with the Institute for Nonprofit Practice, and have additional certificates in content marketing, project management, and change management with HubSpot, Microsoft, and LinkedIn.
Read more about the services I offer and review examples of my work below. I look forward to connecting with you.
editorial development.
As a creative writer and a communications professional, I edit and generate copy for targeted and general audiences with attention to style and voice. Having taught writing for college students and emerging professionals, I am also able to work with clients who wish to develop their writing craft.
For individuals, I provide editing, copywriting, and copyediting services for book projects, dissertations and theses, personal websites, articles, and blogs. For organizations and small businesses, I specialize in brand awareness and messaging consistency for websites, case studies, grant proposals and reports, and conceptual papers.
strategic communications.
For nonprofits seeking to reconnect with audiences and engage new communities, I develop communications plans tailored to organizational values, commitments, and goals. I incorporate storytelling and narrative design to shape brand awareness and enhance content marketing strategies.
I have developed e-newsletters, donor communications, blogs, fundraising campaigns, press releases, and social media strategy to launch new content series, address staff retention, and increase individual donors.
project management.
As a project lead, I focus on structural alignment and growth strategies to help teams and organizations with major initiatives. In this area of work, I have collaborated with American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, photographers, videographers, graphic designers, website developers, and virtual producers.
With this skillset, I have successfully collaborated with staff, C-suite executives, boards of directors, and institutional partners to produce notable campaigns and public programs, professional and creative workshops, digital products, and fellowship programs, among other projects.