Education
1995 M.S.S., Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Research, Pa.
1993 B.A., Temple University, Philadelphia

Selected Publications and Recordings
2001 SCAT (Sisters Carrying a Tradition), collaboration with guitarist Monnette Sudler, poetry/jazz compact disc (Monnette Sudler Music, 004)
2000 "Farmer & Okra," Drumvoices Revue, vol. 9, no. 1 & 2 (summer-fall)
1999 "Backward Movement," Aura Literary Arts Review, twenty-fifth anniversary issue, vol. 25, no. 1 (winter)
1999 "Ebonics," Defiance Literary Journal (spring)
1998 Mocha Melodies, chapbook (Philadelphia: Liberian Girl Publishing Co.)

Selected Performances and Residencies
2002 Spoken-word artist w/Monnette Sudler Jazz Band, Cape May Jazz Festival, N.J.
2002 Residency, "North Called Home," Art Sanctuary, Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia
2002 Callaloo Writers' Workshop, Texas A&M, College Station
2001, 2002 Residency, Arts in Education of Western New York, Buffalo
2001 Residency, "The Poet Within," Sunday Family Program, Philadelphia Museum of Art
2001 Callaloo Writers' Workshop, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
2000, 2002 Featured poet, "Day of the Poet," Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia
1999-2002 Poet in Residence, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
1999-2000 Residency, "Express Yo' Self," arts-based afterschool program, Vaux Middle School, Philadelphia

Selected Readings
1999: Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia; Quarterly Black Review, Harlem Book Fair, N.Y.;
1998: Nuyorican Poets Café, N.Y.; Poets and Prophets Poetry Series, Philadelphia

Selected Awards and Honors
2000 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
1999 Honorable Mention, "Aunt Marlene," Paul Lawrence Dunbar Poetry Contest, Detroit Writers Guild, Mich.
1998 Individual Artist Grant, Money for Women, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc., New York