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2026 Red Affair DV Fashion Show
2026 SNMM Workforce Panel
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2025 Human Trafficking Training
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2024 Two Year Survivorship Support, NOVA Campus
2024 Red Affair DV Fashion Show Fundraiser
2023 Community Dessert Team Challenge
2023 NVAA Appreciation Team builder
2023 Survivors & Support Systems Ceremony
2023 Red Affair DV Fashion Show
2022 Loudoun Cares Chairperson Volunteer of the Year
2022 SNMM P7 Fashion Show Gala Fundraiser
2022 Loudoun BOS Community SNMM Sensitivity Training
2022 Survivor and Support Systems Ceremony
2022 Red Affair DV Fashion Show
2021 Survivors & Support Systems Ceremony
2021 Red Affair DV Fashion Show
2020 Loudoun County Arts Advisory Committee
2020 Red Affair DV Fashion Show
2018 LOUDOUN100 Honoree
2017 Washington Football Wives Fundraiser
2017 Washington National Park Partner
2016 The Missing Piece Diversity Forum
2015 RFK Human Rights Organization Morale Builder
2014 Article 911 Fashion Show Fundraiser
2014 RFK Human Rights Organization Team Builder
2013-2014 Ballou High School Art SNMM Project
2012 DC Beautification Project
2011 Maya Angelou Public Charter School Project
2010 Beyond Words Fashion Show Fundraiser
2010 Lollipop Kids Fundraiser Design Center
2010 Friendship Collegiate Academy Youth Project
2009 Morgan Stanley DC Art Expo Fundraiser
2009 Walter Johnson High School Project
2008 DC Public & Charter High School Art Competition
2008 Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fundraiser
2007 Habitat and Humanity Fundraiser
2006 Howard University Scholarship Fundraiser
2005 DC Martin Luther King Memorial Project Fundraiser
2004 A Better Chance NY Fundraiser
2004 Greater Washington Area Chapter Women Bar Association Fundraiser
2003 Take Wings Foundation Fundraiser
2003 wvsarts Fundraiser
2003 Ithemba Taste of South Africa Fundraiser
2002 911 Commission by the Pentagon
My father had a good job during the day and pimped at night until he lost that job and only pimped. I realized at a very young age that many factors must be in place for a mother to escape. I learned early on that some mothers could not keep any household money, even if they earned it themselves.
At a young age, I learned not to get excited with every escape, but I learned to recognize my mother's strengths each time she left. I also saw firsthand the systems that failed her, such as the courts that gave my father custody of me every other weekend.
He had six young prostitutes. Even now, I remember their faces, my thoughts about how they were dressed, and my deep resolve never wanting to have to live that life.
I remember the very last escape. We moved constantly until I was older, and I remember feeling embarrassed to tell friends, eventually becoming used to keeping secrets.
Today, it is called sex and human trafficking, but for those directly affected, domestic violence and abuse are universal. Terms like "pimp" or "daddy" are spoken like a reflex.
NOT DEFINED BY MY WHY
I am not defined by my past. However, it undoubtedly shaped my mission.
I am an Army veteran who uses art as a powerful release and mental outlet for healing. Through my artwork, I have raised funds to support survivor missions and build community awareness across the region. I have had the honor of opening for icons such as Stevie Wonder, and my artwork is featured in various universities and private celebrity homes. Yet, I remain most humbled by being commissioned by the Pentagon to produce "Honor 911," a commemorative piece created in honor of those who lost their lives in the 9/11 tragedy.
As a self-taught artist who created collections such as Wood Illusions, Life, and the Shattered Glass Collection, I am widely recognized for capturing raw emotion through my work. My process is innovative, using materials and light, shadow, and space to create an illusory effect where artwork appears to lift right off the canvas, glass, or wood.
MY WHY
Someone said to me last year, "You are not responsible for your father's sins." I think about that all the time.
HISTORY
2022 Phenomenal Women Exhibition
2022 INMED DMV Youth Art Project
2020 - 2021 Loudoun County Arts Advisory Committee
2021 Federally Employed Women National Commencement Print
2021 INMED Youth Artists AAC Government CTR Exhibit
2022 The 99% Complete Exhibit
2019 Sheehy Infinity Art Showcase
2019 Loudoun 99% Complete Solo Exhibit
2017 Washington Nationals Park Association Project
2014 H ST. Community Paint for a Cause Fundraiser
2013 Reflection on Glass DC Solo
2013 World Bank Art All Night Team Builder
2011 Barbara Lang, President DC Chamber of Commerce Commission
2010 Duke Ellington School of the Art Project
2010 Beyond Words Fashion Show
2010 Reflections Exhibition DC Solo, Heroes Exhibition
2009 Wood Illusions Howard University Solo
2009 Solo opener for Stevie Wonder Maya Foundation Fundraiser
2008 Howard University Office of Director of Armour J. Blackburn University Center
Outstanding Support of the Arts & Youth Award
2008 HCASC Honda Expo Student Union Solo
2008 SOHO NY Transformation Exhibit
2008 The Washington DC Convention Center International Fine Art Exhibition 100 Artists
2007 The Washington DC Convention Center International Fine Art Exhibit 100 Artists
2007 Moods Experience Solo Exhibition
2005 - 2006 Silver Star Art Seminar DC High and Charter School Competition
2005 Reflections Experiment Solo Exhibition
2004 A Better Chance NY Solo Exhibition
2001 Pentagon Commission honoring victims "Honor 911
Pentagon Commission, Honor,