Curriculum Vitae (CV)
education
Bachelor of Science in Business & Technology
Literature minor with Honors
Stevens Institute of Technology
2021
exhibitions + curatorial work
{B/qKC}: Volume_2 (solo exhibition)
The BlaqBox,
Kansas City, MO
incoming
a Midwest Zine Archive (MZA) (group exhibition)
The BlaqBox,
Kansas City, MO
Miss/They Camaraderie (group exhibition)
Charlotte Street,
Kansas City, MO
2024
{B/qKC}: PRIDE Edition (solo exhibit)
PH Coffee,
Kansas City, MO
2023
{B/qKC}: Volume_1 (solo exhibit)
The BlaqBox,
Kansas City, MO
{B/qKC}: Volume_1 (multi-location experience) (solo exhibit)
PH Coffee, BLK + BRWN., Cafe Corazon
Kansas City, MO
fluids (curated group exhibit)
Online
Hoboken, NJ
2021
GLAAD’s Rising Stars “20 Under 20” (curated group awards)
Online
National
2020
{B/qKC} (curated digital archive)
Online,
Kansas City, MO
ongoing
awards, grants + fellowships
Community Partner Grant ($2,000 project/exhibition stipend)
Stories For All/University of Kansas
Kansas
2024
Community Fellows Program Grant ($5,000 + project support)
Diaspora Solidarities Lab
International
Leadership Academy (LEAD) Fellow ($7,500 + leadership development)
BlaqOut
Kansas City, MO
Journalist Of Color Fellow ($6,500 stipend + mentorship)
Solutions Journalism Network
National
2023
Grant ($6,000 artist stipend)
Stories For All/University of Kansas
Kansas
Regular Grant ($6,500 stipend + $2,140 for materials)
Fund for Investigative Journalism
International
Cultural Producer Grant ($5,000 + mentorship)
Charlotte Street Foundation
Kansas City, MO
Fellow (job placement)
Venture For America
National
professional experience
Managing Editor
The Kansas City Defender
Kansas City, MO
2023 - present
Community Advisory Committee
Race Project KC
Kansas City, MO
2023 - present
Founder, Producer Curator
{B/qKC}, The Kansas City Defender
Kansas City, MO
2022 - present
Marketing Manager
Startland Education
Kansas City, MO
2021- 2023
Lead Organizer + Campus Ambassador
GLAAD
New York City, NY
2020 - 2021
Research Assistant
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
2020
Youth Engagement Intern + amp Copyeditor
GLAAD
New York City, NY
2019 - 2021
Resident Assistant
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken NJ
2019 - 2021
Founder + Columnist of “Black Effect”
The Stute
Hoboken, NJ
2018 - 2021
Founder + Chairperson
Diversity & Inclusion Committee of SIT’s SGA
Hoboken, NJ
selected publications (as an author)
‘Remembering “Soakie’s”: Kansas City’s former Black gay bar from the Y2K Era,’ The Kansas City Defender. December 2023. https://kansascitydefender.com/lgbtqia2/remembering-soakies-kansas-citys-former-black-gay-bar-from-the-y2k-era/
2023
‘55th anniversary of the “Kansas City Race Riots”,’ The Kansas City Defender, April 2023. https://kansascitydefender.com/kansas-city/55th-anniversary-of-the-kansas-city-race-riots/
‘Kansas City’s “Out There”: The 90’s Gay & Lesbian Variety Show Featuring Lea Hopkins,’ The Kansas City Defender, December 2022. https://kansascitydefender.com/lgbtqia2/kansas-citys-out-there-90s-gay-and-lesbian-variety-show/
‘Men of All Colors Together: The Kansas City organization fighting racism amidst gay men in the 80’s–90’s,’
The Kansas City Defender, June 2022. https://kansascitydefender.com/lgbtqia2/men-of-all-colors-together/
2022
‘Remembering Edye and Ray: The First (Well-Documented) Black Drag Queens of Kansas City,’
The Kansas City Defender, May 2022. https://kansascitydefender.com/lgbtqia2/black-drag-queens-kansas-city/
‘Stop Naming Buildings After Homophobes and Transphobes,’ The Advocate, May 2021. https://www.advocate.com/commentary/2021/5/22/stop-naming-buildings-after-homophobes-and-transphobes
‘3% ain’t gonna cut it,’ The Stute, January 2020. https://thestute.com/2020/01/31/3-aint-gonna-cut-it/
2020
‘A Silent Ode To The City,’ Selah Magazine, Issue 02 (September 2018). 33-34.
2018
commissions
“The Erasure and Sexual Subjugation of Black queer Kansas Citians” (Essay)
2023 State of Black Kansas City
Urban League of Greater Kansas City
2023
2-Page Fold in Public Zine,
A Queer Guide To Kansas City
Chance McGuire + Astringent Press
Driving Tour Guest Speaker,
KC Rainbow Tour
Joel Barrett
selected lectures, presentations, + workshops
Collective Imagination + Radical Futures: Kansas City Organizers on Making Art & Building Power (Panelist)
Art + Feminism
Online
incoming
“Young Black Writer’s Social” (Moderator)
The Kansas City Defender
Charlotte Street
2023
“Rebuild Honestly: Black PRIDE” (Panelist)
Black Excellence KC
Keystone Innovation District
“The Politics Of Gen Z” (Panelist)
KC Media Collective
University of Missouri-Kansas City
2022
“Youth Perspective: Fighting the Stigma, Miseducation, & Contraction of HIV/AIDS” (Lecturer)
Kansas City, Missouri Health Department HIV Prevention and Care Planning Council
Online
2021
“Task Force on Community Equity” (Lead)
Workshop for college administration
Stevens Institute of Technology
2020
“How to Create An Inclusive Hall” (Solo)
Resident Assistant workshop
Stevens Office of Residential Education
#StevensForSolidarity (Lead)
grassroots organizing workshop/townhall
Stevens Institute of Technology
“The Toolkit for Social Good” (Lead)
Hackathon workshop
Online