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"Be Ready Every Amazing Thing Happens Eventually. In other words, BREATHE."
2026-2027
Presenter/Facilitator, Everything We Are: Life Through Expressive Art, Upward Bound Summer Enrichment Program, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA. June 2026 – July 2026.
Presenter/Facilitator, Leading with Empathy: Leadership Competency Series, Saturday Academies, Upward Bound Program, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA. January 2026 – May 2026.
Presenter/Facilitator, Professional Development Made Easy, Upward Bound Staff Training and Development, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA. January 15, 2026.
Presenter, Expectations for Caring: Reimagining Supervision For A Changing Workplace, Student Affairs Conference: Navigating Change at The Beach, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. January 7, 2026.
2024-2025
Panel Moderator, Black at The Beach: Stories of Promise and Possibility, Long Beach Promise Open House, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. November 8, 2025.
Speaker, Black Renaissance: Black Beyond Survival, 45th Annual Black Consciousness Conference, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. November 8, 2025.
Presenter, Cultural Taxation in Action, Student Cultural Taxation Summit, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA. October 24, 2025.
Panelist, Exploring Pathways Through A2MEND, Umoja Program, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA. July 2, 2025.
Keynote Speaker, Owning Your Journey: Finding and Embracing Your Community, United Black Student Conference (UBSC), Black Alliance, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA. April 24, 2025.
Commencement Speaker, Black Commencement, Black Academic Excellence Center, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA. June 14, 2024.
Keynote Speaker, Black Student Success in Action: My Black Student Story, Black Student Success Week, Black Alliance, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA. April 25, 2024.
Presenter, Leading with Empathy: How Social Justice and Spoken Word Poetry Shaped My Supervision, WACE Conference, WACUHO-I, Anaheim, CA. April 16, 2024.
Presenter, Student Staff Training Engagement: The Mythical Power of Rubber Ducks, WACE Conference, WACUHO-I, Anaheim, CA. April 16, 2024.
Guest Performer, Poetry Symposium: Honoring National Poetry Month, Friends of the Allan Hancock College Library, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA. April 3, 2024.
Guest Speaker, My Poetic Journey to Spoken Word Poetry, The Poetry & Prose Club Meeting, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA. March 1, 2024.
Presenter, Leading with Empathy: How Social Justice and Spoken Word Poetry Shaped My Supervision, Student Affairs Winter Recharge, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA. February 13, 2024.
2022-2023
Presenter, The Importance of Our Roles: Implementing DEI in Housing Practice, Professional Staff Training, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. July 7, 2023.
Presenter, Leading with Empathy: Addressing Racism and Promoting an Anti-racist Lifestyle, WACE Conference, WACUHO-I, Henderson, NV. April 17, 2023.
Presenter, Authenticity and Vulnerability, Upward Bound Community Talks, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA, January 18, 2023.
Keynote Speaker, Vision for Black Student Success, Black Alliance, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA. April 28, 2022.
Presenter, The Power of Your Voice, African American Student Center (AASC), California Polytechnic State University, Pomona (CPP), Pomona, CA. March 25, 2022.
2020-2021
Presenter, BREATHE: Storytelling and Healing, Summer Bridge Program, University of California, Irvine (UCI), Irvine CA. May 7, 2021.
Keynote Speaker, Social Justice Matters, Social Justice Digital Symposium, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA. December 4, 2020.
Panelist/Performer, Our Words, Our Voice, Umoja Porch Talk, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA. October 20, 2020.
Presenter, Poetry Workshop Series, Introduction to Sociology Course, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA. Multiple dates: June 23, 2020; June 30, 2020; July 7, 2020.
2018-2019
Presenter, Social Justice 101, Fall Resident Assistant Training, Soka University, Aliso Viejo, CA. August 23, 2019.
Presenter, Housing 101, Upward Bound Presentation, Pasadena City College at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF), Fullerton, CA, July 16, 2019.
Presenter, The Real Deal of Housing, Upward Bound Presentation, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut CA, February 9, 2019.
Presenter, Welcome to the Real World: Access and Social Mobility, Wake Up Conference, California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), Long Beach, CA. April 28, 2018.