EDUCATION
2023, Masters of Fine Arts – Creative Writing, University of Guelph
Toronto, ON, Canada
2013, Bachelor of Fine Arts – Film Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, ON, Canada
BOOKS
Chapbook, “With Both Hands”, Anstruther Press, Fall 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Audio collage, “unjumble”, 49.2 Special Issue, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora (Forthcoming)
Poetry, “Night illuminates”, The FOLD Festival Program
Poetry, “mom makes time”, Spring 2024, Michigan Quarterly Review
Poetry performance, “All the Birds We Hear in Trees But Never See”, in collaboration with EJ Kneifel and Sanna Wani, Xpace Cultural Centre
Poetry, “We come up”, Black Joy Unbound Anthology, BLF Press
Poetry commission, “My Airs”, Whippersnapper Gallery
NPM23 Blog: Pulling Joy Forward, League of Canadian Poets
Audio collage, “Frenship (Or Fernship and the Joyful Noise Stars Make), The Ex-Puritan
Poetry, “We Must Get Our Hopes Up”, Healing Verse, Philadelphia Contemporary
Poetry, “Say yes,”, Canthius
Poetry, “This Month”, 580 Split
Poetry commission, “Running late”, FEEL WAYS Digital
Piece, “The Poetry of Possibility”, Write Magazine, Chelene Knight
Poetry, “Fragile” In the Mood - Film Generator
Poetry comic with Althea Balmes, “Cycles”, HELD Magazine, University of Guelph
Poetry commission, “I’m so worried about us all”, HELD Magazine, University of Guelph
Poetry, “Just After the End”, Poetry Pause. League of Canadian Poets
Poetry, “nothing owed”, Contemporary Verse 2
Poetry, Two poems, carte-blanche
Poetry, “The Way I Keep Coming Back”, Plenitude Magazine
Poetry, “An Everyday Fantasy”, Black Like We Anthology
Poetry, “Capes”, Invisible Love - This is Worldtown
Poetry, “Beauty in Truth” and “I like q”, CRUSH Zine
Poetry, “January 2017 to November 2015”, [these pills don’t come in my skin tone]
Poetry, “You, specifically”, Ain't I A Woman / I am a Man Exhibit Design Exchange
Short play, “A Balancing Act”, Write on Readings
Poetry “The Poet’s Tongue”, From The Root Zine - Mind
Poetry, Juror’s Choice “Untitled” “The City is a Dreamer” Big Art Book. Scarborough Arts
Poetry, “Blackness: A poem and identity in parts” Issue 5 of Vagabond City. Vagabond City Literary Journal
Poetry, “In Her Nature” and “Freedom for Some” Vagina Monologues Zine. UTSC
Poetry, Juror’s Choice “We Must Get Our Hopes Up” Big Art Book. Scarborough Arts
Poetry, “Tell Her” McClung’s spring 2012 Issue. Ryerson University.
Poetry, “Society: Down to its Core” Young Voices. Toronto Public Library
Poetry, “The Hesitance It Takes to Make the Journey” Urban Voices. TDSB
Poetry, “Lovely” House of Words. Poetry Institute of Canada
SCREENINGS
Co-Director/Writer/Producer, Intersecting (2017)
Queer National Arts Festival, 2018
CaribbeanTales FilmFestival, Sept 2017
Producer, Driftwood (2014)
NSI Online Short Film Festival, Dec 2015
Montreal Student Film Festival, Sept 2014
Ryerson University Film Festival, May 2013
INTERVIEWS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2022, Panelist, Scarborough Arts "By Way of Community" Symposium
2022, Moderator, ReelWorld Film Festival
2022, Moderator, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2021, Guest facilitator, Mississippi Freedom Collegiate
2021, Guest lecturer, University Of Guelph, School Of English and Theatre Studies
2020, Guest lecturer, University Of Guelph, Creative Writing undergrad “The Poetry of Possibility”
2020, Guest speaker, BFNTO: Mapping Black Futures “Regarding Digital Archives”
2019, Moderator, sisterhood media,“what if media looked like us?” Scarborough
2019, Panelist, Association of Canadian Archivists, “Community-Driven Archives”
2019, Moderator, Breakthroughs Film Festival
2018, Interview, This Magazine, “New Toronto film project aims to preserve the pasts of Indigenous and visible minority communities”
2018, SEPT - Guest speaker, York University, Public History Symposium
2018, Guest Speaker, Myseum – Motion Pictures: Immigration Films from the Vaults of Toronto’s Archives
2017, Interview, Raw Colours (CKUW 95.9 FM WINNIPEG), Interview
2017, Panelist, Ontario Black History Society "Leaders of Tomorrow”
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WRITING
2022, The Watering Hole Winter Retreat - Fellow
2022, Black Arts Movement School Modality Iteration 2 – Participant
2022, Craft Seminar, Patricia Smith - Participant
2022, Tree Reading Series - Workshop Facilitator
2021, Barrel House, Poetics of Intimacy, Natasha Oladokun – Participant
2020, Cave Canem, Masterclass, Anastacia-Renee – Participant
2020, BIPOC Writers Connect Conference Vancouver – Attendee
2020, Poetry/Race/Form Workshop – Participant
2020, Kweli Festival, Workshop, Joshua Bennett – Participant
2020, Diaspora Dialogues Short Form, Olive Senior – Participant
2020, Hugo House Reading Workshop, Dujie Tahat – Participant
2020, DreamYard’s Rad(ical) Poetry Consortium – Fellow
2020, Hurston/Wright Poetry Weekend, Danez Smith – Participant
2019/20, 826CHI – Tutoring & Writing Volunteer
2020, NYWC/The Words Between Us, Takiyah Kai – Participant
2020, On Becoming Poetry Workshop, Nisha Patel – Participant
2020, CAMP BEOTIS, Safia Elhillo – Writing Workshop Participant
2020, Costura Office Hours, José Olivarez – Workshop Participant
2020, Nicole Shawan Junior – Writing Workshop Participant
2020, Unicorn Medicine Writing, Alex Cafarelli – Workshop Participant
2020, BANFF Centre, Billy-Ray Belcourt and Mercedes Eng (CANCELLED)
2020, Character Development Workshop, Whitney French – Participant
2020, Groundings: D'bi.Young Anitafrika Intensive – Participant
2019, Flying Books Session, Canisia Lubrin – Poetry Mentee
2019, Paprika Festival, Bilal Baig – Writing Workshop Participant
2019, Buddies, Kai Cheng Thom – Writing Workshop Participant
2019, The Speakeasy Project, Chen Chen – Workshop Participant
2018, Groundings. Symposium to Raise Up BIPOC Poets – Attendee
2018, Poetry Incubator, Poetry Foundation – Fellow
2018, Winter Tangerine, Noor Ibn Najam – Workshop Participant
2018, The Speakeasy Project, Javier Zamora – Workshop Participant
2015-18, Writing While Black – Collective Organizer
FILM, THEATRE & CURATION
2020, NIA Centre, Creative Catalyst, Curation – Mentee
2019-20, Breakthroughs Film Festival – Working Board Member
2019-20, AfroPrairie Film Festival – Programming Committee Member
2017, TIFF Reel Heritage Symposium - Participant
2017, Black Women Film! Canada Leadership Program – Participant
2017, Writing the Webseries Intensive – Participant
2017, CTFF, CineFam Short Film Challenge – Winner
2016, UforChange Playwriting Workshops – Participant
2015, UforChange Theatre Acting Program – Participant
2014, Toronto Fringe Festival, Best of Fringe – Juror
2013, Hot Docs Accelerator – Participant
2013, Toronto Screenwriting Conference - Attendee