"The Gift with Uplift "

I commenced penning poetry in my late teens when I accepted God into my life and discontinued creating secular rap lyrics. I would then compose and read poems monthly for Youth Church and craft inspirational poems on special occasions for family and friends. Later, I began contributing my work to publications such as National African American News (NAAN) and The Southern Digest, Cross and Quill, For Crying Out Loud, United Youth Digest, LCTCS Newsletter, The Living Word newsletter, and Handmaidens e-zine.

I have published two books, Unafraid to Dream: Motivational Poems and Gift of Life: Inspirational Poems; contributed poems to five Gumbo for the Soul anthologies: Gumbo for the Soul: A Recipe for Literacy (2007), Gumbo for the Soul: Here's Our Child—​​Where's the Village (2008), Gumbo for the Soul: Women of Honor Special Pink Edition (2011), and Gumbo for the Soul: Men of Honor Special Cancer Awareness Issue (2012), and Gumbo for the Soul: 10th Anniversary Celebration (2013); and featured poems in various journals, magazines, and newspapers.

I placed as a finalist in a spoken word competition. Also, Michael Jackson's niece, Poet Yashi Brown, accepted my poem lyrics as a part of a mental health song collaboration.