Major Projects and Positions

 
 

  • Co-founder/Field Operations Director (2020)

  • Non profit organization focused on civil and human rights advocacy and programming with the aim of dismantling institutional racism in Central IA and world wide.

 
 

  • Creative brand founded in 2019

  • Used to develop innovative products which help consumers to liberate themselves from the mental, spiritual, emotional, social, political and economic forces of oppression.

  • Includes IG page, patreon, crowdfunding campaigns, freelance writing and more.

    • Photo Historian

    • Author/Poet

    • Digital Content Curator

    • Cultural Worker

 
 

  • Community based podcast featured in Frederick, MD focusing on Black culture, community politics and social justice

  • Co-Host, Associate Producer

 

  • Hip Hop artist collective started in 2015 between Des Moines, Iowa City and Chicago artists

  • Executive Produced the “Certified Classics” EP by Father Venice

  • Executive Producer

    • MC

    • Graffiti artist

    • Skater

 
 

  • Literary magazine ran by and for Black students at the University of Iowa

  • Founded 2015

  • Flagship Nonfiction Editor

 

Positions Held

Black Hawkeyes (2014 - 2018)

  • General organizer

Phi Beta Sigma, Kappa Psi Chapter (2015-2018)

  • Public Relations Director (2015 - 2017)

  • President (2017-2018)

University of Iowa Black Student Union

  • Public Relations Director (2014-2015)

Black Art; Real Stories

  • Nonfiction Editor (2015 - 2018)

  • BARS is an all Black student ran literary magazine at the University of Iowa

Afro House Office Coordinator (2016 - 2018)

University of Iowa NPHC Community Outreach Director (2016 - 2017)

Let's Ketchup Podcast (2019)

  • Co-host

  • Writer

  • Production assistant

Iowa Coalition for Collective Change (2020)

  • Board of Directors

 

Appearances/Publications

  • NPR

  • PR

  • NBC

  • Des Moines Register

  • KCCI

  • WHO

  • WOI

  • Daily Iowan

  • Iowa Informer

  • Bleeding Heartland

  • Eccentric Black Boy

  • Petra Lange research

  • Amner Martinez Podcast

 Major Achievements/Awards

  • Iowa Talent Project Scholar (2010 - 2018)

  • EHS Orchestra "Most Inspirational" (2014)

  • Uiowa BGAPS "Black Boy Magic" Award 2016

  • GTWY FUND Recipient 2021

  • Co-pioneered numerous marches in Des Moines