Digital Strategist, General Contractor (2024)
Currently helping a traditional service business navigate digital transformation — rethinking how a local contractor builds brand, trust, and systems in a changing market.
→ What it taught me: That the most “offline” industries are often the ones most ready for sovereign tools and accessible infrastructure.
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Digital Strategist, General Contractor (2024)
Currently helping a traditional service business navigate digital transformation — rethinking how a local contractor builds brand, trust, and systems in a changing market.
→ What it taught me: That the most “offline” industries are often the ones most ready for sovereign tools and accessible infrastructure.
Freelance Creative Direction & Design (2016–Present)
Led branding, design, photography, and strategy for artists, educators, and entrepreneurs in Los Angeles and online.
→ What it taught me: How to interpret abstract needs and translate them into grounded, accessible visual systems.
IT & Technical Support, Spectrum & Hulu (2014–2016)
Worked on frontline tech support teams. Navigated pressure, systems, and service.
→ What it taught me: How to stay calm inside chaos — and how to listen before solving. The infrastructure doesn’t matter if the humans feel left behind.
Cretaceous Clothing (2009–2014)
Helped shape a local brand and creative hub that offered art-forward fashion and screen printing.
→ What it taught me: That production tools are liberation tools. We made what we wanted to see — and so did our community.
Art, Media & Community
Pop-Ups & Immersive Shows (2013–2020): Hosted a 6-part hip-hop series, produced art shows, and co-launched a global music project that landed on a billboard in Paris.
→ Taught me how to hold space for creative expression and audience experience.
→ Taught me how to hold space for creative expression and audience experience.
Erotic Zine & Podcast (2019–2021): Published a provocative photobook and co-produced a podcast on art and erotica.
→ Taught me that real intimacy in storytelling can’t be faked — and is often the most powerful force.
→ Taught me that real intimacy in storytelling can’t be faked — and is often the most powerful force.
Short Film / Music Video: Co-wrote and co-directed narrative media exploring themes of identity and desire.
→ Taught me how to direct creative flow and build visual trust.
→ Taught me how to direct creative flow and build visual trust.
EdTech & Design Consulting (2017–2020)
Contributed to design and content strategy at a software firm and EdTech startup. Helped shape learning experiences and communicate complex ideas clearly.
→ What it taught me: That learning is infrastructure. And creative direction can be a pedagogical tool.
Ongoing Digital Art Practice (2015–Present)
Released self-initiated art online, consistently and independently, for over a decade.
→ What it taught me: That long-term creative output is its own form of sovereignty. No gatekeepers. No waiting.
→ What it taught me: That long-term creative output is its own form of sovereignty. No gatekeepers. No waiting.
Producer & Story Editor
Civic-Focused Podcast Series
Brooklyn, NY / Remote
Brooklyn, NY / Remote
Helped craft longform audio storytelling around social change, city life, and resilience. Collaborated with hosts, writers, and researchers to shape narratives that felt both human and urgent.
→ What it taught me
How to listen deeply, edit thoughtfully, and bring structure to complex, messy stories — a skill I now use to shape communications for new systems and alternative futures.
(Focus Area: Ethical Tech & Culture)
How to listen deeply, edit thoughtfully, and bring structure to complex, messy stories — a skill I now use to shape communications for new systems and alternative futures.
(Focus Area: Ethical Tech & Culture)