Selected Presentations & Speaking Engagements

At the 2024 University of Maryland Honors College Convocation, I was invited to give the keynote address to over 800 attendees as the Distinguished Alumni Speaker.

As president of the UMD Chapter of the Petey Greene Program, I was invited to co-moderate a webinar attended by 100+ individuals in the Justice Education Series: “What Does it Mean to be a Justice-Oriented Citizen?”

As 2024-2025 Co-chair of the NYU Wagner Social Innovation and Investment Alliance, I collaboratively organized and moderated an interactive panel event, Reparations Now: Funding Reparations for a More Equitable Future, attended by 40+ community members featuring individuals at the forefront the the New York and New Jersey Reparations movement: Trevor Smith, Enith Williams, JJ Briscoe, and Jean-Pierre Brutus.

Photo Credit: Cecilia Huang

In 2022, through my role as an Aspen Institute Impact Fellow, I was invited to give the introductory remarks to begin the gathering and spoke on two conference panels at the International Leadership Association Conference:  Critical Social Theory as a Framework for Teaching Leadership Theory: An Essential Approach in Turbulent Times and Personality Is Not Performance: Leveraging Research-Based Assessments to Drive Impact

Honors & Awards

Articles & Publications

  • Tuberculosis: History and Its Discontents

    In 2023, was invited to attend a panel event at NYU Wagner following the UN High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis. Following the panel event, I authored a blog post on the NYU Wagner website about the event.

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  • Leveraging the Potential of Youth Service

    Through my role as a 2023 CELO Youth Service Fellow, I contributed to the development of and am an associate editor of The Allstate Foundation’s publication, Leveraging the Potential of Youth Service, introducing a new definition, model, and design considerations to guide the next decade of youth-led, youth-driven service.

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  • The Future of Youth Leadership Development Practice

    As a 2022 - 2023 CELO Impact Fellow, I participated in over 24 hours of design sprints focused on the advancement of youth leadership development. The culmination of the fellowship led to the publication of The Future of Youth Leadership Development Practice, in which I served as an associate editor and co-authored a section entitled Reach Beyond Formal Classrooms and Educational Organizations to Increase Access.

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  • ‘Bridging’ an Academic Divide: Faculty and Students Bring Writing Course to D.C. Corrections Facilities

    I am quoted in this article speaking about my experience with the Petey Greene Program and as UMD Chapter President.

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  • Advancing Youth Leadership Development Research

    As a 2022 - 2023 CELO Impact Fellow, I participated in over 24 hours of design sprints focused on the advancement of youth leadership development. The culmination of the fellowship led to the publication of Advancing Youth Leadership Development Research, in which I served as an associate editor.

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