Here is an abbreviated list of what I do/have done:

THe Parked car (2011-Present) | OAkland, CA

The Parked Car is a weekly drive-in where hot topics meet break beat/s. Hosted by Isa Nakazawa and Talia Taylor, TheParked Car coasts along special blends of dub step, hip hop, neo-soul and everything in between. Carpool with us as we gas, dip and break in and out of the fast lanes of sexual innuendo and the shoulders of political trickery. Each week you can expect explosive and relevant themes ranging from the changing landscape of hip hop to the twisted dynamics of dating in the Bay Area. Our imaginatively curated musical experiences will teleport you to a better place. Come get your tune up by tuning in every Thursday from 5-6pm. 

For more info, adp.fm.

Youth speaks (2009-Present) | San francisco, CA

I work full time for Youth Speaks. In my 7 years at this organization, I have played many roles all within the fields of arts education and youth development. I have taught poetry workshops in middle school and high school classrooms, community based organizations, after school programs and health centers all across the Bay Area for free. I have performed at all school assemblies, conferences, fundraisers, concert halls, open-mics and slams. I have co-taught the Harlem Renaissance with leading Bay Area musicians from SF Jazz. I have designed and co-authored curriculum, developed local and national programs on everything from the national dropout crisis to Type 2 Diabetes prevention from the ground up, edited and compiled student work into an anthology, and directed youth and young adults in leadership training. I have played an active role in the development and implementation of Life Is Living and Brave New Voices for the last 5 years in Oakland, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Berkeley and Atlanta. 

Founded in 1996 in San Francisco, Youth Speaks has long championed a local, national, and increasingly global movement of young people picking up pens and stepping proudly onto stages, declaring themselves present.

We believe that literacy is a need, not a want.

One of the world’s leading presenters of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs, Youth Speaks produces local and national youth poetry slams, festivals, and reading series, alongside a comprehensive slate of arts-in-education programs during the school day, in the after-school hours and on weekends. In addition, we create internationally-recognized theater and digital programming, and have helped launch a national network of over 70 programs who believe in the power of young people.

For more info: youthspeaks.org 

Palimpsest (May, 2008) | Middletown, Connecticut

A moment is never completely erased. Instead, faint traces remain, upon which another moment is imprinted. This process of inscription and effacement is repeated as moments overlap and build. Palimpsest is a staging of these accumulated iterations of memory -- it is an excavation of what remains and what once was. 

Palimpsest is an experiment in spontaneous performance. In the same spirit, it is an exercise in economy -- in speaking for yourself without the aid of props, costumes or special effects.