Candace is a creative director, culturalist, interdisciplinary designer and educator, rooted in advancing racial equity and building meaningful communities through branding, design, and art. With over a decade of experience working in-house, agency-side, and as a consultant, she brings a sharp eye for new trends and affinity towards optimizing creative processes and nurturing talent.

An award-winning creative entrepreneur, she’s served as a member of the SnapChat U.S. Creative Council and is a 2020 fellow of the NAACP’s NEXTGEN program. Candace has been recognized as one of the 4A’s 100 People Who Make Advertising Great, a 4A’s MAIPer to Watch, a Bill Sharp Award Honoree, an ADCOLOR FUTURE and recipient of ADCOLOR’s Unsung Hero Award.

She’s a part of the 3% Movement’s Accelerator’s inaugural class and a 2020 winner of Create & Cultivate’s Small Business Pitch Competition. Candace champions diversity and inclusion through her work with ADCOLOR as the Co-Chair of the ADCOLOR Advisory Board, the American Advertising Federation as the Chair of the Mosaic Next Generation Leadership Council and through her role as an adjunct professor of practice at Michigan State University. Under the Tabernacle mantle, Candace crafts culturally robust brands, initiatives and content.

Her past and present clients include CVS Pharmacy, McCann (Verizon), Highland Brands, Worxbee, Hearst Magazines, ADCOLOR, Cantu Beauty and FCB Chicago (GE Appliances and Poise).