I ventured outside of city limits often, but Milwaukee will always be home. I grew up on the city’s northwest side but went to school on Wauwatosa’s east side. I attended the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater for my undergraduate degree, where I double majored in management and political science. After my sophomore year, I completed an internship with then-U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin and her Washington, D.C. office. After college, I took jobs at financial institutions for several years before landing back with Baldwin and her U.S. Senate office in Milwaukee. I then enrolled in a virtual Master’s journalism program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where I earned my degree. I left Baldwin’s office to pursue journalism (what I’m meant to be doing) and took a job in Madison with the Wisconsin State Journal sports section while working full-time for the U.S. Census Bureau as an administrative manager to help complete the 2020 census. Once the counting was complete, and amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I moved back to Milwaukee and was hired by the Journal Sentinel. I have contributed to multiple divisions at the newspaper, including investigations, features, business, sports, politics, and news. I’ve written about the city’s highest profile crimes and its impact on victims and the community. I am a researcher at Marquette University with the Center for Urban Research, Teaching, and Outreach. As project manager for Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee, I coordinate efforts to continue the work of a research team that interviews Black residents about their lived experiences from culture, to economics, politics, policing, and more.

I’m content with my laptop and Playstation. I enjoy nine holes of golf with a cart. The parks used to be everything. Go Bucks!