If you’re wondering how 2020 went for me, “Ribs” by Lorde was one of my most played songs of the year… that should say enough. Like everyone, 2020 was tough. It was long and weird and challenging, marked by various moments of reckoning.
Read MoreI reached horizons far beyond those I could have ever imagined during those years and I slowly began to unearth the connections between writing, visual creation, sound, and fashion. Embracing these intersections, I realized that the truest actualization of my artistic journey belonged in filmmaking.
Read More“The Lost Files,” is an ode to the feeling of release. It is composed of images from Fall 2017 through Summer 2020, shot on various film cameras. I edited the compilation in this way so that certain moments would feel fleeting while others would compound, similar to the way I process memory and time.
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Though senior year may not have ended the way I wished, my friends and I still had fun with it.
Read MoreIf I learned anything at UNC, it’s that my sense of place hinges on the people who bring them to life for me. The relationships I formed over the years transcended the limitations I felt during quarantine as they became songs, feelings, colors, memories. Over the summer, I took the time to reflect on the past before moving forward with the next chapter. The following is a collection of stories and thoughts about the people who made Chapel Hill a place I was so fortunate to call home.
Read MoreI graduated with distinction from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Global Studies and minors in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability.
Read MoreFor so long, the environmental movement has overwhelmingly focused on numbers and statistics, which are still failing to convince people of the urgent and sweeping action needed to save our home planet. Just as we have used our clothing lines, events and stories to call attention to certain cultural and social dynamics, it is time to use our passion for creative empowerment to reshape the way we contend with the environmental crisis and energize our generation into action.
Read MoreRefining my body of work over the past few months has been a taxing, laborious, cathartic, and profoundly moving process. It is never easy to let go of photographs for my collections but in doing so, I have been able to find myself once again through my art.
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I’ve been quite reflective over the past year… and it’s not the type of reflection that has taken me away from the present but rather, one that has helped me feel more settled with life as is. Throughout this process, I used music as a means to both escape and enjoy. It’s a dichotomy of sorts I suppose, that I not only grew very comfortable with but also empowered by as the year progressed. Finding this peace both internally and externally required moments of solitude and rest. But in welcoming these moments, I was able to fully appreciate the present and create some of the most vibrant memories.
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