Researching and writing about art, culture, & power.

About me and my work

I grew up in Sacramento, CA—the oldest daughter of an interracial and multi-national Nigerian-Sicilian-American family with 6 kids and four parents. When I went to college at the University of Oregon in 2008, I wanted to be an attorney, but became bewitched by the arts, or art history. I went in a Political Science major and came out with two degrees, BAs in French and Art History.

Yet, I still felt I might want to do something more meaningful and, quite frankly, easier than becoming an art history or French professor. So, I work for 4 years in Seattle for the Washington Council for Behavioral Health, an advocacy group supporting community mental health and chemical dependency organizations. But attaining an MSW was not for me. So, in 2016, I moved to New Orleans where I obtained a master's in art history at Tulane University.

In the midst of academia, I also began a curatorial practice, working as a curatorial fellow at the New Orleans Museum of Art from 2017–18. I later worked as a curatorial assistant at the UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive from 2019–2021, a curatorial associate for Prospect New Orleans from 2021–22, and a curatorial fellow for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I’ve also developed an independent curatorial practice and recently attained an additional masters in Black Studies from Yale University and aim to complete a PhD.

If you’re interested in all that I’ve written about and worked on, check out the links below and my “About” page.