Experience
'84
Pictured on add running on city busses in NC for North Carolina SANE
'85-'90
Various School Plays
'88-'93
AACT (Afro-American Children's Theatre); Charlotte, NC
'89
"Cats" with Island Center Children's Theatre; St. Croix USVI
'91
Played Raynell in "Fences" for the Charlotte Repertory Theatre and the NC Black Repertory Theatre;
Charlotte & Winston-Salem, NC
'92
Played Itiba in "The Story of Itiba", for Discovery Place science museum; Charlotte. NC
'93
Wrote and stared in an analogy of "the Old Man and the Sea" for Odyssey of the Mind,
(won 1st place in regional competition); Charlotte, NC
'93-'94
PYT (Pennsylvania Youth Theatre); Lehigh Valley, PA
'94-'95
Touchstone Youth Ensemble; Bethlehem, PA
'96-98
Zawadi Collective (Ensemble group); Lehigh Valley, PA
Dec., 1996 Kwanzaa Celebration, aired on PBS
Dec. 17th, 1996
Launch of web site Empress Nzingha's Poetry Palace
'97
Theatre Outlet; Allentown, PA:
March 16th, April 28th, & May 12th; Culture Night feature performer
MAPPS (Musicians Artists Poets Performers Songwriters); Lehigh Valley, PA:
Winner of quarterly poetry contest & published in MAPPS magazine
Self published Read It, Hear It, Feel It, Know It a book of poetry
'98-'99
Thoughtforms Gallery; Tribeca, NYC:
Various appearances at Avant Yard (monthly open house)
'00
Atlanta, GA
Weekly performances at Moore Epics (owned by Jessica Care Moore and Aqil)
May '02 & March '03
Winner of monthly poetry contest DefPoetryJam.com
'03
Petros Restaurant; Allentown, PA
Jan. - June, weekly featured performer
Touchstone Theatre; Bethlehem, PA
Aug. 22nd, "Rhyme & Revolution" (ensemble spoken word play)
'04
Slippery Rock University; Slippery Rock, PA
April 20th, panel member for "Hip-Hop and It's Effect on Culture Panel"
Mayfair (festival); Allentown, PA
May 21st, featured performer
Bethlehem Book Loft & Caffeine Café; Bethlehem, PA
Nov- Feb, Host and featured performer for poetic cipher (every 1st and 3rd Wed.)
'05
Bill Warfield Big Band A Faceless Place
Featured soloists on "Jazzman"
The 13th Annual Spiritual Holistic Expo; Allentown, PA
Sept 17th, featured performer for Morning Star Center
Cultural Heritage Day; Lehigh Valley Heritage Center
Oct 1st, featured performer
Baltimore Museum of Art; Chronicles of A Dancer: How We Became Artist
Nov 20th, featured performer (Eva Anderson Dancers Ltd production)
'05-'06
Hip-Hop Collective, Firehouse Fridays @ Touchstone Theatre
Oct-April (3rd Friday), Open Mic
'06
Jan-Feb Speak Easy, Open Mic
Vision2Words
Febuary 28th, Ceder Crest College
1 of 4 featured performers
April-Aug
Xcape Urban Creative Arts Center
Spoken Word Instructor
Education
Class of '99, Upattinas School: English major, poetry concentration
'03-'04, Kutztown University: Honors English: Professional Writing Major
Dean's List Spring '04, 3.75 GPA
Employment
1994- current
Morning Star Center (Non-profit)
V. P. of Operations in charge of Public Relations