I work in partnership with individuals, organizations, and communities to recover and reimagine the history of place, objects, and memory. My specialized practice combines archival research, oral history, and visual documentation to produce historical narratives – from traditional scholarship to creative storytelling. I acknowledge that the stories we tell (or forget), the things we keep (or lose), and the places we preserve (or erase) are never neutral. My work always moves at the speed of trust with stakeholders. Together, we work to untangle fact from fiction, decolonize narratives, reclaim cultural heritage, and curate content to educate the public about the significance of the past. Document by document, layer by layer, story by story, the past is revealed in the present.
With a decade of experience in arts and heritage management, I am well-versed in curatorial practices, strategic planning, high-level project management, and have mastered the skills needed to run a smooth creative production process. The majority of my work is centered on cultural preservation and the intersection of architecture, design, and memory.​​
MS Historic Preservation, University of Pennsylvania, 2020
BA Studio Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016
// Employers, Partners & Clients
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford University
National Trust for Historic Preservation
​Tuskegee University School of Architecture
The New York Times
The Tenement Museum
Dupont Underground
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Partners for Sacred Places
Hidden City Philadelphia
Philadelphia Water Department
​Federation of Southern Cooperatives Rural Training and Research Center​​
// Skills
Historic Preservation
Archival Research
Academic Writing
Curatorial Practices
Adobe Suite
Project Management
Public Speaking
Grant Writing
Microsoft Office
​Digital Photography
// Research Interests
Visual Studies
Folklore
19th Century American History
20th Century American History
Southern Studies
Cultural Landscape Studies
Architectural History
Material Culture
Vernacular Culture
Aethetics