Biography

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, I am a mixed-race scholar who has always been interested in narratives of identity. I attended the University of Houston where I completed a BA in English Literature with minors in Classics and Creative Work. In various research projects at the University of Houston and Harvard, I have explored why and how Black artists engage with antiquity to reimagine new art forms and critique the historical whiteness of these spaces from the inside. At Cambridge, I am pursuing an MPhil in Classics to study at the intersection of Black feminist theory and classical reception to better understand antiquity’s influence on modern conceptions of race, literature, and culture. I will explore how contemporary Black women writers across the African diaspora engage with Homer’s Odyssey to grapple with complex paradoxes of home and movement throughout histories of oppression. Moreover, I integrate the study of Homer's texts themselves to demonstrate how a Black feminist framework can reveal new interpretations of the Odyssey. I am incredibly honored to join the Gates Cambridge community and excited to learn from and collaborate with scholars invested in building a better future.

Previous Education

Harvard University Classics
University of Houston English Literature