WRITER PhILOSOPHY and Accomplishments

Laughter opens the heart before the truth walks in

My comedy career began at one of the nation’s most iconic comedy institutions, where I worked as Box Office Manager, Talent Wrangler, and coordinator of weekly comedian marketing through venue signage and website content. Comedy as resilience: Through relationships with comedians, I learned that people do not always laugh because life is easy; sometimes they laugh because humor helps them carry what is difficult.  

At STAR 94.5 in Orlando, part of the Cox Media Group radio cluster, I wrote promotional copy and live event content. National radio and live entertainment: At Reach Media, Inc. and The Tom Joyner Morning Show, I collaborated with Tom Joyner and the show’s producers on marketing campaigns, on-air comedy bits, live event scripts, comedic prompts, and talent material for events.. Community-centered comedy: I witnessed Tom entertaining millions while engaging communities. It strengthened my belief that comedy can be joyful, socially relevant, and meaningful at the same time. 

 An acclaimed, award-winning feature comedy screenplay co-written by me.

Earned significant recognition across several major industry competitions and festivals:

• Academy Nicholl Fellowship: Placed in the top 10% of all entries in 2017.
• Women in Cinema: Recognized as a Top 10 finalist.
• Columbus Black International Film Festival: Emerged as a winner.
• Orlando Urban Film Festival: Reached the finalist stage.

Won the Literary Award in the TeCo Theatrical Productions New Playwriting Competition in Dallas for my play Grieve: Simon Bishop Presiding. 

It uses humor to normalize grief while honoring the courage required to choose purpose-driven work. 

The project has since been adapted into a feature screenplay and television pilot. 

I wrote and performed a comedic Spotify campaign encouraging voter participation during the 2020 U.S. presidential election, using humor to make civic engagement approachable and memorable. 

 Comedy, history, and voting rights: I wrote the stage play It Bears Repeating, recently featured at Inglewood’s Willie Agee Playhouse in Los Angeles, California and The Wells Built Museum of African American Culture in Orlando, Florida. The play follows a Black man who believes voting no longer matters until his wife traps him overnight in an African American history museum, where he encounters people who sacrificed to secure voting rights from the post-Reconstruction era through the Civil Rights Movement. 

I aspire to create bold, emotionally honest, and socially relevant comedy that leaves audiences laughing, thinking, healing, and feeling less alone.