Education
Brown University, A.M. Public Humanities 2012
College of Charleston, B.S. Anthropology 2008
Certifications
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace: University of South Florida, Muma College of Business 2022
Project Management Professional (PMP): Project Management Institute 2020
Awards
2020 - 2022 Smithsonian Institution Emerging Leaders Development Program
2013 Maryland Commission on African American History & Culture Walter Hill Fellow in Archives
2012 Brown University Fellow for the Study of the Public History of Slavery
2011 Smithsonian Institution Diversity Award
2008 College of Charleston Cistern Leadership Award
2007 College of Charleston Catherine Wood Parker Memorial Scholarship in Anthropology
Service
Mentor, Emerging Museum Professionals, Mid-Atlantic Museum Association 2019
Grant Panelist, South Carolina Arts Commission Folklife & Traditional Arts Award 2014 & 2015
Events Chair, Brown University Club of Washington, D.C. 2012
Select Experience
Business Programs Manager, Office of Operations August 2015 - Present
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History & Culture, Washington, D.C.
Project Manager, Q?rius: The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center June 2014 - August 2015
Curator, Home Sewn: Quilts from the Lower Mississippi Valley March 2013 - February 2015
Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Community Museum, Washington, D.C.
Oral Historian & Project Manager May 2012 - December 2012
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, New Bedford, MA
Assistant to the Festival Director March 2010 - August 2010
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage | Folklife Festival, Washington, D.C.
Participant Assistant, Giving Voice: The Power of Words in African American Culture February 2009 - July 2009
Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage | Folklife Festival, Washington, D.C.