ABOUT.

I am currently senior at the University Florida, where I am a Foreign Language Area Studies Scholar studying Haitian Creole through the U.S. Department of Education and the UF Center for Latin American Studies. I also dedicate significant portions of my time to facilitating Youth Participatory Action Research with groups of 14 and 7 youth team members in the Black Girlhood Collaborative at the University of Florida. In 2024, received a $10,000 Projects for Peace grant to complete Youth Participatory Action Research with students over the summer in the Dominican Republic. I was able to bring a team of other students with me, and we completed 3 weeks of programming and 6 oral history interviews throughout our time in Cabarete, Batey Libertad, and Sabana Larga. Last year, I completed the Boren Scholarship in Fes, Morocco, where I learned Colloquial Moroccan Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic for 9 months. In 2022, I received the Charles B. Rangel Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. My international experiences have all led to my passions for youth-centered community engagement and problem-solving.