about me
“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
The elevator speech: I am the Owner and Operator of Just E Productions; Founder and Director of Curatorial and Program Development for Divinemoira Studio; the Visual Arts Ambassador for The Angel Band Project; and an advocacy speaker and content writer on behalf of NAMI. In conjunction with the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women (UN terms 2013-2021) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s and UN Women Civil Society Advisory Groups’ 16 Days of Activism, I created and manage the Still I Rise Campaign.
I am the recipient of The Humanitarian Award (St. Stephens, 2019), Volunteer of the Year Award (Angel Band Project, 2018), Best Interactive Exhibition (VAA, 2017), Evoke (RAC, 2017), and The Stephens-Maxim Award for Design (2018 and 2015).
What I do: I am an artist, published author, creative arts educator and motivational speaker. I write, record, and perform music, film motivational and educational videos about creative expression and healing, and I conduct all-ages creative expression workshops for groups and organizations. For the past two decades I’ve studied psychology, psychopharmacology, trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, and their collective relationship to the arts and creative expression therapies.
Who I am: I am a fierce, outspoken and strong person dedicated to fighting for the underdog. I never fit neatly in a box, and I almost always color outside the lines. I am a lifelong student of personal growth, honesty, dignity and kindness. I celebrate exactly who I am and make the best of all that I have. I believe in silver linings, focus on progress not perfection and celebrate the gift of each moment.
