Meet the Artist
I’ve always loved creating art. As a child, it was my outlet, a way to make sense of my emotions and stay grounded. I went to schools that focused on the arts, but even though I was always painting, I didn’t feel connected to what I created. Most of what I painted didn’t look like me or the world I knew. I didn’t see my family, my community, or my story reflected in the art I was told to make.
After high school, I tried to continue my studies in college, but life pulled me in other directions. Without family support or a sense of safety, I felt lost. I stopped painting altogether. I let go of the title of artist because I didn’t think I was worthy of it.
Everything shifted when I became pregnant. Announcing my pregnancy opened a doorway I never expected. My high school film teacher asked me where I planned to give birth, a question that sparked my curiosity and changed everything. I chose a home birth, and that experience transformed me. My midwives gave me space to trust myself and connect deeply with my body. That birth showed me what strength, surrender, and intuition truly feel like.
My second birth was more challenging. I felt like I had to fight harder to stay connected to myself. It was through that struggle that I understood the sacred role of midwives and the power of being supported. Those experiences led me to birth work. When I discovered the word doula, it felt like an answer to a question I didn’t know I had been asking. Supporting other families became an extension of my own healing.
But balancing it all wasn’t easy. Without a strong village, I began to feel disconnected again. Then one night, I saw a painting online that reminded me of my own birth. Something inside me lit up. I picked up my brush again, and I haven’t put it down since.
In 2024, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system. That diagnosis deepened my understanding of resilience, slowing down, and the ways art can heal. Painting once again became my therapy, a space to process emotions, honor the body, and reconnect with community. Creativity allows me to transform what feels heavy into something full of life and light.
My role as a mother continues to shape everything I do. Motherhood taught me how powerful presence can be, how love is something you show, not just something you say. I advocate for skin-to-skin contact because it represents everything I believe in, connection, safety, and belonging. My children are constant reminders to pause, breathe, and live in the moment.
My art celebrates the beauty, complexity, and strength of Black and Brown families. I paint moments that reflect the tenderness of birth, the rhythm of parenthood, and the sacredness of human connection. I want people to see themselves in these scenes, to feel empowered, seen, and inspired to ask deeper questions about their own journeys.
My audience’s passion fuels me. The birth workers, nurses, doulas, and parents who pour their hearts into caring for others are the soul of my work. Each brushstroke honors their strength and the sacred spaces they help create.
I use vibrant color and expressive movement to capture emotion, not perfection. My goal is to slow time, to invite people to feel, to remember, and to reflect. I want my art to transform the spaces it enters, to bring warmth, humanity, and affirmation into hospitals, birth centers, and homes.