I’m a writer, artist and embodied social justice facilitator.

I have been tending grief since 2017 and have developed public resources, programs, and tools to cultivate the practice with others. Rooted in Black Feminism, ecology and harm reduction, I am dedicated to creating networks of care and liveable futures. My debut book Tending Grief: Embodied Rituals for Holding Our Sorrow and Growing Cultures of Care in Community will be published in April 2024 by North Atlantic Books.

Based in Amsterdam, I designed and directed Ecologies of Transformation (2021 - 2023), a masters programme exploring socially engaged art making with a focus on creating change through the body into the world. I curate events and offer consultancy combining trauma informed practice, experiential learning and my studies in political science. I love plants, music and dancing.

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I am a Social Imagineer, artist and somatic practitioner. Rooted in Black Feminism, ecology and harm reduction, I am dedicated to creating networks of care and liveable futures.