Where I Started
I became a journalist by accident, sort of…
In 2020, many young people in my hometown of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, I volunteered as a communications lead for a grassroots group working on racial and economic justice, not knowing exactly what that meant for my community or my future.
I thought I was just participating in change and activism, but it turns out I was falling in love with stories, one conversation at a time.
Somewhere between reading local newspapers and my shared NPR habit with my dad, it clicked: I wanted to be a professional question-asker!
Where I Am Now
This later took me to UNC-Chapel Hill, where I studied at the Hussman School of Journalism for two and a half years, then to the D.C. Superior Court, where I spent my final semester reporting daily on the courts for D.C. Witness — the closest I've come to journalism at full speed, and the reason I know I can keep up.
These days, I work in arts administration at PlayMakers Repertory Company, a professional theater housed at my alma mater’s Department of Dramatic Art. Different room, same instincts: listen closely, ask good questions, help people's work reach an audience.
I'm a first-generation college grad who's found every door on this path myself, and I'm still looking for a newsroom to bring that same energy to.
