I’m a cultural programmer, communications specialist, researcher, and photographer, working in the (broad) field of decolonial cultural studies. I’m trained as an interdisciplinary researcher—a background that guides my interest in the sites where where academic, creative, social justice-oriented and public-facing spheres overlap.
I hold a PhD in English and Cultural Studies from Concordia University (2025) with a research focus on postcolonial literature and media (particularly, with an emphasis on Indigenous “Canada”). Prior to my PhD, I completed an M.A. in Cultural Studies at McMaster University, where I wrote a thesis in the Communications Department on spoken word sampling, via an exploration of Blood Orange’s 2016 album Freetown Sound. These projects, while outwardly different, represent an ongoing interest in the role of art in facilitating decolonial consciousness, more just worlds, and empathetic publics.
Currently, I serve as an analyst in the Consultation and Accommodation Department at Tsleil-Waututh First Nation, where I provide analysis and communications on the nation’s ongoing consultation processes with municipal, provincial and federal proponents, as well as museums, galleries, and public programs. I also concurrently serve as the Lead Programmer at the Gender Equity in Media Society and as the co-Editor of Refractions: A Journal of Postcolonial Criticism— work that brings me into regular dialogue with artists, scholars, and writers from around the world of shared decolonial and anticolonial vision
Previous, recent (limited) contracts include the position of Curatorial Fellow at the Reach Gallery and Museum, as researcher at the UPenn Cultural Heritage Center, as a grant writer at Latincouver, a writer and communications officer at the Espace de la diversité - Diversity district, SpokenWeb, the Society, Politics, Animals, Materiality Research Group, and a consultant at the the production company Rotating Planet,.