We are living in history.
Michael Omi and Howard Winant, two scholars of race and American History, once wrote, “If the bad news is there are no quick fixes to structural racism, the good news is that we live in history. We built this society over historical time, we can rebuild it as well.”
I believe narrative is our most powerful tool to create a better world that values the dignity of people and prioritizes the health of the planet. I enjoy working with activists, academics, organizers, and leaders to develop actionable and inspiring narratives of change that compel us to dismantle, rebuild, and collaborate for a more equitable future. I seek to work with writers, organizers, and scholars on topics of intersectionality, decolonization, racial capitalism, anti-oppression, collective and shared power dynamics, and imagining emergent futures rooted in justice and equity. To rebuild our society to uplift the infinite intersecting identities we all hold and allow us to heal from colonial trauma, we must know the history that led us here.
For those interested in the institutional merits of my work, I received my BA in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and my MA from the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. My research embraces intersectional and decolonial frameworks geared toward action and focuses on how multimedia in print and digital formats support political movements. My work has been featured in Publishers Weekly and Take Part, and I am currently focused on a deeper, more radical understanding of the meaning of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and anti-oppression in book publishing and digital media. I’m proudly from San Francisco, with a deep love for Oakland and New Orleans, and currently live in uptown New York. I use she/her/we pronouns.