Work: Artist. Sole proprietor of True Mood Studio in Brookline, MA. Fine/communication art.

Values: faith, security (economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community, political), knowledge, social, gratitude

Education: 

- Harvard Extension School Religion and Society Certificate, Cambridge, MA (exp. 2026)

- Harvard Extension School Visual Arts Graduate Certificate, Cambridge, MA (2025)

- Massachusetts College of Art and Design Studio Arts Certificate,  Boston, MA (exp. 2026)

- The Creative Circus, Atlanta, GA (01-09/2016)

- M.A. in Advertising, The University of Texas at Austin (2015)

- B.A., American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin (2010)

Personal: born/raised in Memphis, TN. I've lived in Washington, DC; Austin, TX (15 yrs); Atlanta, GA; and Boston, MA. I like to travel, especially to Maine, Florida, and Colorado. 

I'm a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians (one-eighth), ninth-generation Tennesseean, and an Eagle Scout. Formative education: St. Andrew's School (Middletown, DE), Memphis University School (TN). I survived home invasion assault on November 5, 2019, in Austin, TX. I like news and entertainment, playing guitar, and volunteering at Brookline Food Pantry and Brookline Senior Center. I serve on the Brookline MLK Celebration Committee.