ABOUT ME: Human Services Consultant, Researcher and Community Advocate

 I am a human services consultant, community advocate and Ph.D. My research interests include Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in urban communities related to homicide and terminal illness of a parent, childhood trauma related to systematic and racialized conditioning surrounding white vigilantism and police brutality, and discourses within child welfare/foster care structures. Within my dissertation, Preparing for Assault: Framing the Psychological Impact of "The Talk" Within Black Childhood, I examine what, if any, emotional and psychological conditioning Black children experience when having communicative exchanges with their parents/caregivers and how that discourse can dictate encounters with law enforcement and/or racist vigilantes.

Since 2012 I've been employed with the Division of Children and Families (DCF) as an investigator for child maltreatment. I hold certifications with the State of New Jersey in Disaster Response Crisis Counseling and Hoarding.  A native of Camden, New Jersey I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers-Camden in English with a focus on Creative Writing and Pre-Modern-Day Era Literature and a Master of Science from Cairn University in Christian Counseling with a concentration in trauma therapy.