Writer, visual artist, entrepreneur, and community builder.
I won my first writing contest at age 11, started my first real business at age 15, traveled outside my home country for the first time at 18, and have not stopped since.
I have made my home, worked, and created in The United States, France, The United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, China, and Canada, and have explored countless other corners of the earth on more casual terms. Along my itinerant path, I squeezed in a BA in Visual Communications, and later, an MBA.
My lens: Art is the most palatable and most powerful lever for shaping culture and changing patterns. Written and visual art carry the power to air out stubborn issues and give breath to building enlightened futures.
A sample of my history (it’s not just empty philosophies above): Through visual, written, and spoken storytelling, I have worked to save hundreds of factory jobs in small-town USA, empower abused women in the UAE, cracked the code on early literacy in Uzbekistan, and helped bring greater racial equity to early-stage investing in America.
There is so much more to do. I’m working on it all from my “for-now” home and office in the tree-lined suburbs of Washington, DC.
