I am a creative artist! I love, love, love the arts and the two forms that give me the MOST life are music and writing.

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The first of my loves, music, I inherited from my mother who was always singing or playing music. Always. Mama had quite the music collection in a variety of genres. This love was cultivated in me and manifested in my life through my love of listening to music, singing in choirs (since age seven), playing the flute (since age 10), singing in several groups and recently, I’ve been experimenting with singing a bit in poems that I’ve written to share through spoken word.

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I graduated from Jefferson High School of Performing Arts and studied Music Therapy at Howard University. I’ve played professionally in pit orchestra stage plays, community events, churches and even got to play with the great Kim Burrell once! (Now THAT was a treat Honey Chile! MmHmm) Every now and then I still toot my flute for special events like weddings and plan on playing more in this new and exciting stage of my life. Currently, I love to experience a variety of music while teaching water aerobics.

My second-but-equal love is writing. Writing? Let’s just say that writing is almost… Scratch out 'almost' and insert 'IS'… as important to me as breathing. (Why did I just Inhale and exhale? No… seriously, I did. I guess that was my body confirming my truth as I write.)

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For me, to write is to breathe Honey Chile! MmHmm.

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I began writing and journaling when I was nine years old. By the age of fifteen, I was writing poetry quite regularly and I haven’t stopped since. I’ve written poetry for myself, for loved ones, for countless special events at church, for speaking engagements, community functions, for individuals who wanted personalized poems for their loved ones, for family reunions...