Influences: Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, J. California Cooper, Zora Neale Hurston, Virginia Hamilton, Langston Hughes, and many, many more.

Education:
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, The New School
M.Ed. in Curriculum and Teaching - Literacy, Fordham University
B.A. in English, Hampton University

Honors:
NAACP Image Award Nomination, Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry
Writers Digest Publishing Awards, Honorable Mention

Grants:
Poets & Writers, Readings and Workshops

Memberships:
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
Kappa Delta Psi , International Honor Society of Education