Experience

Museum Hue

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  •Advance Museum Hue’s goals and objectives of amplifying people of color’s voices and visibility in museums;•Identify and obtain financial support for operations and programs from a wide variety of public, corporate, foundations, and individual revenue sources;•Explore grant funding opportunities, respond to eligible grant proposals, and ensure effective record keeping and reports relative to grant funds;•Plan and coordinate all Museum Hue board meetings, committee meetings, and other organizational meetings. This includes preparing agendas, budgets, and other necessary meeting materials; •Work with the board and the Deputy Director to create, review, update, and implement a strategic plan; •Cultivate partnerships that support the ability for the organization to expand its capacity, reach, and impact;•Implement strategies, tactics and actions that advance Museum Hue’s goals in servicing the field;•Serve as the primary spokesperson for Museum Hue, representing the values and mission of the organization to the public;•Plan and coordinate all Museum Hue advocacy efforts in support of the mission/values;•Maintain an effective infrastructure focusing on best practices and development services;•Affirm Museum Hue’s role as a vital arts organization with multiple constituents and develop relationships that enhance the organization’s goals.

• Creative Director

  • Sep 2014 - May 2020



WNET New York Public Media

• Producer and Host

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2021

  • Producer of On Display, which illuminates museums pushing boundaries to respond to social issues • Interview museum professionals and activists addressing issues from Immigration to Mass Incarceration • Develop each episodes theme, create the run of show, and call sheet documents for the day of filming • Producer of On Display, which illuminates museums pushing boundaries to respond to social issues • Interview museum professionals and activists addressing issues from Immigration to Mass Incarceration • Develop each episodes theme, create the run of show, and call sheet documents for the day of filming



United Nations

• United States
• International Affairs

• Human Rights Fellow

  • Nov 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Increase recognition of and respect for people of color art, history, and cultural contribution • Apply the Human Rights systems to protect and promote people of color arts and culture • Utilize the United Nations to create a framework to create diversity programs in museums • Increase recognition of and respect for people of color art, history, and cultural contribution • Apply the Human Rights systems to protect and promote people of color arts and culture • Utilize the United Nations to create a framework to create diversity programs in museums



RACE FORWARD

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Fellow

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

  • Build analysis and apply a race lens to: cultural equity, policy making, and community engagement • Through a collaborative environment we highlight the need for cultural institutions to address institutional and structural racism • Resources provided to stretch “equity muscles” within the New York City arts and cultural sector • Develop concrete, actionable, race-explicit interventions that build practice and a working knowledge of equity • Build analysis and apply a race lens to: cultural equity, policy making, and community engagement • Through a collaborative environment we highlight the need for cultural institutions to address institutional and structural racism • Resources provided to stretch “equity muscles” within the New York City arts and cultural sector • Develop concrete, actionable, race-explicit interventions that build practice and a working knowledge of equity



African American Museum in Philadelphia

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator Of Education

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Directs the staff, interns, and volunteers of the Education Department • Implement educational programs suitable for children, youth and adults as adjuncts to exhibitions • Develop interpretive materials for tours, workshops, and educators professional development • Coordinates the production of training manuals and curriculum materials • Plan and execute the museum's annual symposium • Directs the staff, interns, and volunteers of the Education Department • Implement educational programs suitable for children, youth and adults as adjuncts to exhibitions • Develop interpretive materials for tours, workshops, and educators professional development • Coordinates the production of training manuals and curriculum materials • Plan and execute the museum's annual symposium



Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellow

  • Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

  • Participate in round-tables focused on such themes as: “Frameworks in Historical Cultural Activism,” “Building Institutions in Our Own Image,” “Public Arts, Fiscal Equity: A Tale of Two Arts Cities,” among others • Deepened skills in public management, leadership, communication and best practices in advancing cultural equity • Participated in seminar readings tied to the NYU course, “Cultural Governance: The Process of Creating a Cultural Equity Plan for NYC,” taught by, Dr. Marta Moreno Vega • Met with notable senior arts executives and created a professional development plan



Brooklyn Museum

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Audience Engagement Specialist

  • Feb 2015 - Jun 2016

  • Engage in conversations about art with visitors through the Museum’s ASK app and Pop-up Art Talks • Research artwork in the museum’s collection and create resources for objects on view • Facilitate visitor interactions with objects through digital interfaces • Engage in conversations about art with visitors through the Museum’s ASK app and Pop-up Art Talks • Research artwork in the museum’s collection and create resources for objects on view • Facilitate visitor interactions with objects through digital interfaces



American Alliance of Museums

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AAM Annual Meeting Fellow

  • May 2016 - May 2016

  • Museum Talk: Beyond Talk about Diversity in Museums • Given access to professional development and networking opportunities offered at the Annual Meeting • Engage in dialogue with leaders who are committed to advancing the careers of museum professionals of color and building more accessible museums for diverse communities • Museum Talk: Beyond Talk about Diversity in Museums • Given access to professional development and networking opportunities offered at the Annual Meeting • Engage in dialogue with leaders who are committed to advancing the careers of museum professionals of color and building more accessible museums for diverse communities



City University of New York City College

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Art Education Lecturer

  • Jan 2015 - May 2016

  • Facilitate classroom discussions about teaching through the arts • Prepare students to be reflective artist-educators who can teach in multiple settings • Help students develop the skills to actively contribute to the field through their creative and academic work • Facilitate classroom discussions about teaching through the arts • Prepare students to be reflective artist-educators who can teach in multiple settings • Help students develop the skills to actively contribute to the field through their creative and academic work



New Jersey City University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Art History Lecturer

  • Sep 2013 - May 2016

  • Facilitate classroom lectures that focus on visual and cultural art throughout the world from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. • Identify stylistic characteristics and ideological bases for the art of the periods covered • Analyze art from the past by looking at its original cultural context • Facilitate classroom lectures that focus on visual and cultural art throughout the world from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. • Identify stylistic characteristics and ideological bases for the art of the periods covered • Analyze art from the past by looking at its original cultural context



Saint Lucia National Trust

• Saint Lucia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Walcott Place Education Consultant

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  • Co-curated and developed the interpretive materials for Walcott Place, historic house museum and childhood home of Derek and Roderick Walcott — influential Caribbean poets and playwrights • Wrote the script for the site’s tour guides, created the educational materials, and composed didactic wall labels that orient museum-goers • Co-curated and developed the interpretive materials for Walcott Place, historic house museum and childhood home of Derek and Roderick Walcott — influential Caribbean poets and playwrights • Wrote the script for the site’s tour guides, created the educational materials, and composed didactic wall labels that orient museum-goers



Weeksville Heritage Center

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Audience Engagement Consultant

  • Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

  • Researched and developed programs that focus on the surrounding communities interests and needs • Identified emerging artists to consider for future display within Weeksville’s newly built gallery space • Helped significantly increase Weeksville's online presence and digital identity • Researched and developed programs that focus on the surrounding communities interests and needs • Identified emerging artists to consider for future display within Weeksville’s newly built gallery space • Helped significantly increase Weeksville's online presence and digital identity



New-York Historical Society

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Education Marketing Associate

  • Dec 2012 - Dec 2013

  • Work closely with the Manager of Education Marketing and Support on all outreach to schools • Develop relationships with and programs for additional audiences (ie Tour Groups, NYCHA, etc)• Collaborate with other staff in the Education Department in pursuing funding for programs• Lead private educator’s tour for school representatives• Represent N-YHS at promotional fairs and conferences• Create promotional flyers

• Museum Educator

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2013

  The approach to teaching and learning at the New-York Historical Society is object-based inquiry in which material culture provides a window into the past. • Teach K-12 student groups about the museum's permanent collections and temporary exhibitions that focus on New York's rich history.• Lead classroom lessons that give students from K-12 an up close look at artifacts that give insight to New York's history. • Build and maintain ongoing partnerships with New York City schools whose communities use the museum as an educational resource.• Prepare lesson plans that focus on each school's particular interest in New York's history.• Assist in research and program development in the Education Department.



Harlem Children's Zone

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Specialist

  • Feb 2010 - Aug 2010

  • Develop curriculum teaching the principles of visual arts to students’ grades 6-12. • Instruct projects that communicate the relationship of art to cultures. • Increase student’s knowledge of cultures through art. • Empower students through art and creativity. • Develop curriculum teaching the principles of visual arts to students’ grades 6-12. • Instruct projects that communicate the relationship of art to cultures. • Increase student’s knowledge of cultures through art. • Empower students through art and creativity.



The Studio Museum in Harlem

• United States
• Restaurants

• Docent

  • Feb 2010 - Jun 2010

  • Conducted guided tours of the Museum for groups of children and adults. • Engaged visitors in the museum’s collections and temporary exhibition. • Responsible for choosing artwork in the gallery based on the tour group. • Lead workshops with students to increase their knowledge of the artwork they observed. • Conducted guided tours of the Museum for groups of children and adults. • Engaged visitors in the museum’s collections and temporary exhibition. • Responsible for choosing artwork in the gallery based on the tour group. • Lead workshops with students to increase their knowledge of the artwork they observed.



CAMBA

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Education Instructor

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  • Researched and developed instructional materials and lesson plans for young adults 14 to 24 for the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). • Facilitated classroom discussions for students in academic and nonacademic subjects from college planning to financial literacy. • Distributed material in a fun and creative way that students could better relate to. • Researched activities, including but not limited to collecting and compiling data. • Assisted the manager in various office responsibilities in academic administration.

• Education/Curatorial Intern

  • Aug 2006 - Jun 2008

  • Attended the Target sponsored First Saturday to assist with line coordination and seating. • Participated in weekly program research meetings to develop ideas to attract new visitors. • Placed submissions of artists interested in performing on First Saturdays into a database. • Assisted in various gallery talks, workshops, and panel discussions. • Accompanied the curator to galleries to view art of interest for the museum’s collections. • Handled fragile artifacts and adornment from the Museum’s collection. • Linked the images and their information into The Museum System Database (TMS). • Did complicated quarries on The Museum System Database (TMS). • Filed and maintain extensive photo slides according to the accession numbers. • Corrected the lighting quality of slides and photographs in Photoshop.