Over the years, I saw a gap in the healthcare communications journey for marginalized communities. Guided by Audre Lorde’s “Cancer Journals” and Kimberle Crenshaw’s concept of intersectionality, I created Identity Experience (IX) to help fill those gaps. IX is a framework that combines health data and digital behaviors across intersectional identities to shape hyper-personalized narratives that will influence care. I’ve created a role to lead IX at GCI Health, helping the agency and our clients better understand the people we’re trying to reach and to ultimately, improve health outcomes. I believe frameworks are nothing without practitioners to actually model them. For the last three years, I’ve led an internal speaker series, @theintersection, to ensure that GCI team members understand the role of intersectionality in health communications.

I currently serve as the co-lead for the People of Culture employee resource group where I am developing professional development programming for junior talent of color to improve retention rates. Outside of GCI Health, I am a member of the Board of Directors for The Marcus Graham Project, a Fellow in the 2023 NLC-Atlanta Class, social media leader for the women’s and health minstries at Ray of Hope Church, and a dedicated “te-tay” to my two nephews.