Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, I have spent my life captivated by the power of the written word.

For me, writing is a radical act of community service and healing. Every story I craft is born from deeply personal experience, seasoned by a bold imagination, and driven by a fierce mission to honor Black people from youth to elderhood. I fearlessly tackle sensitive, provocative subject matter, dragging uncomfortable truths into the light to spark connection, understanding, and transformation. My work is an unfiltered, dynamic celebration of the deeply human experiences that define us all as human beings. 

 

My plays have been produced in the United States and internationally.  Works include THE BLACK PEARL (Coastal Carolina Theatre Dept); FREEDOM SUMMER (NCBlackRep); DANCING ON EGGSHELLS (Billie Holiday Theatre); PEOLA'S PASSING (New Perspectives Theatre Company; Festival de Teatro Alternativo, Bogota, Colombia); GOLD STAR MOTHER (EstroGenius Festival); ASCENSION (National Black Theatre Festival; NYCFringe); THUNDER: A MUSICAL MEMOIR (NYCFringe); WHAT IF...? (Negro Ensemble Company; Bishop Arts Theatre Center); LETTERS FROM LORETTA (Center Theatre Group Commission); IN THIS LIFE (Quick Silver Theater); WHAT IF? (Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival); BREATHE (Negro Esemble Company/Vanguard Theater); WITNESS (in development).

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Awards and honors include:

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Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles) “Not A Moment, but A Movement” New Play Commission; 

 

National Playwrights Conference at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center (Semi-finalist); 

 

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat - Musical (Finalist);

 

River Writers Unit at The Lark; 

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Quick Silver Theater Company/Playwrights of Color Summit (POCS);

 

Rising Circle Theater Collective/INKTank Residency; 

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AUDELCO Award for Excellence in Black Theatre (Nominee); 

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Final Forty Playwright, Samuel French OOB Short Play (Finalist); 

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Tribeca All-Access Open Stage Inaugural award winner; 

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Best New Play, Independent Reviewers of New England (Nominee);

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State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities;

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Calvin B. Grimes Scholar-in-Residence at New York University.

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In 2025 I founded The Magnolia Play Project, a platform dedicated to amplifying, elevating, and celebrating the voices of Black women storytellers.

 

My work is published in: HOLY GROUND: Plays from The National Black Theatre Festival (Theater Communications Group); SHE PERSISTED. Monologues from Plays by Women Over 40 (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books); The Book of Estrogenius 2012: A Celebration of Female Voices (manhattantheatresource); We’re Not Neutral: Reset Series 2020: Collected Short Plays (Conch Shell Press).

 

I earned my B.A. in English from Syracuse University and my M.A. in English Education from New York University. My post-graduate work was completed at Trinity College, Oxford University. I serve as Co-Director of The Fire This Time Festival New Works Lab and am a proud member of The League of Professional Theatre Women, The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., Honor Roll Playwrights, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. I serve on the board of Shaping Her Earth (SHE) and The Connie Orlando Foundation.