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Work History

2021-2023 Creative Laureate for the City of Portland
2021-Present Disability program Coordinator, City of Portland Office of Civic Life
2020-2021 ADA title 2 Coordinator /Disability Engagement Coordinator, City of Portland office of Equity and Human Rights
2020 -Present; Co-Owner/ Resident Artist & Manager Constellation Tattoo Collective
2017-Present; Founder/ Director of Operations for Ori Gallery
2017-Interim Operations Manager for Q Center
2014-2020 Owner/ Operator Kuroo Tattoo; independent tattoo studio
2013-2016 Youth Coordinator/ Co-Director/ Education Director PFLAG Portland Black Chapter
2016-2017 Founding Organizer/ Co-Director  Sankofa Collective Northwest (formerly PFLAG Portland Black Chapter)
2013 Youth Arts Instructor for Gilbert Park Elementary SUN Program.
2012-Received Licensing as an Oregon Tattoo Artist
2012 Youth Counselor for Xploregon
2011- 2012- Lead Instructor for Campfire Columbia. 
2010-2011 Art Factory Coordinator/Digital Librarian for the Children's Healing Art Project.
2007- 2010 Administrative Professional / Youth Arts Instructor for Portland Parks and Recreation

Education/Cohorts/Residencies

2013:  African American Leadership Academy; Portland African American Leadership Forum
2013: Uniting Communities Cohort; Western States Center: Portland, OR
2014-15: BRAVE Cohort; Western States Center: Portland, OR
2015: Capacity Building Initiative Cohort; Mackenzie River Gathering: Portland, OR
2016: Training for Trainers; School of Unity and Liberation: Oakland, CA
2017 2018 2022: Lead Facilitator for Disability Justice Leadership institute: Disability Arts and Culture Project
2017: Precipice Recipient
2018: Caldera Arts Golden Spot Residency
2018: Caldera Winter Artist in Residency

Performance Art

2016-2017 “Beylesque” Pink Hanky Productions
2016-2017 Resident Dancer Night Crush Productions
2011-2013 Resident Dancer Blow Pony Productions

Lectures, Trainings & Workshops

2013 “Black & Queer in Oregon” Queer Students of Color Workshop
2014 “Arts for Action” Queer Students of Color Conference
2015” Black Caucus” Queer Students of Color Conference
2016 ”Arts for Action” Oregon Students of Color Conference
2016 “BLM in the movement” Oregon Students of Color Conference
2016 “Equity 101” Training for Portland Parks and Recreation; 5 Sessions 150 managers
2016: Gender Equity Certification Series for Center on Equity & Inclusion
2017:”Equity 101” Training for Zapproved 
2017: Disability Justice Workshop: Activists Mobilizing for Power Conference; Western States Center 
2017: Guest Lecturer: Time Based Art Festival; Portland Institute on Contemporary Art
2017: Talkback Facilitation for the film “Check It”: Queer Commons; Hollywood Theatre ]
2017: “Addressing Anti-Blackness” workshop for Northwest Health Foundation
2017: “Equity 101” Training for Devils Food Catering
2017: “Disability Justice; How ableism affects the workplace” Workshop for Zapproved
2017:”Arts for Action” workshop for Oregon Students of Color Conference
2018: “Lunchbox Equity” workshop for Lewis & Clark
2018: “Trans 201” Training for Cascade Aids Project
2018: “Trans 101” 3 Day Training for Managers Squarespace Headquarters NYC
2018: “Facing Race” Training for the Independent Publishing Resource Center
2019: Day-Long DEI Committee Facilitation for The Circus Project
2019: Ongoing “Alphabet Soup” LGBTQ Trainings with Trans Affirming Spaces

Programs Developed/Directed

2010-2011: Art Factory Coordinator, Programming Lead & Digital Librarian for the Children's Healing Art Project
2011-2012: Lead Instructor for Campfire Columbia
2013: Developed Youth Advocacy, Policy, Education and Training programming within Portland PFLAG Black Chapte
2013-2018: Adult organizer for the Oregon Queer Youth Summit
2014: Established first after-school enrichment and support program for queer youth; “QTQ” in partnership with Portland Parks and Recreation
2015: Spectrum: Queer Youth Art and Music Showcase
2015-16- Swimstravaganza; Queer Youth Pool Party
2015-17 Co-Director/Acting Director for PFLAG Portland Black Chapter during and after its transition into Sankofa Collective Northwest
2017: Co-Director/ Founder; Ori Art Gallery
2017-2022 Lead Facilitator; Disability Leadership Cohort for Disability Arts and Culture Project (DACP)
2022: Organizational doula for the transition of DACP to a community-collective organizing body

Boards/ Committees

2018-2019 Board Member, Trans LifeLine
2015-2018; Board of Directors Member, Q Center
2014-15 Community Engagement Committee; Q Center

Grants

2013 General Grant Cycle,Social Justice Fund 10k
2013 LGBTQ Grant Cycle, Social Justice Fund 10k
2013 General Grant Cycle, Makenzie River Gathering 10k
2014 Gender Justice Cycle,   Social Justice Fund 10k
2015 General Grant Cycle, Makenzie River Gathering 10k
2015 Gender Justice Cycle, Social Justice Fund 20k
2015 General Grant Cycle, Social Justice Fund 10k
2015 Momentum Grant: Black-Lead Organizing, Social Justice Fund 10k
2015 CBI Cohort Grant, Mackenzie River Gathering 35k
2016 Gender Justice Cycle, Social Justice Fund 10k
2016 Transgender Justice Fund 9k
2016 Office of Neighborhood Involvement Community Grant 5k
2017 Rapid Response Grant, Social Justice Fund 2k
2017 Precipice Fund Award 5k
2017 Pride Foundation Rapid Response Grant 3k
2018 MRG Rapid Response Fund 2k
2019 Womens Foundation General Grant 10k
2019 Metro Placemaking Grant
2020 Ford Family Foundation 10k
2020 Oregon CARES grant 30k
2020 Oregon Cultural Trust 70k