I was a 4-year-old torch singer who sang to an imaginary Ed Sullivan show audience in the sun parlor of my grandparents’ home.  “Make Someone Happy” and “This Could Be the Start of Something Big” were among my favorites--pretty sophisticated for a child, don’t cha think?  Somewhere in the early years of my life, I experienced a trauma that turned the carefree girl into one more sad, solemn and insecure.  It would be a combination of my faith and an amazing therapist whom I saw as a seminary student that helped start me on the path to loving and affirming myself. I reclaimed the girl, now woman, who sings, dances, loves and follows the sun.

 

​Prior to becoming a therapist and minister I gained experience in a multitude of diverse entrepreneurial and professional endeavors including publishing, public relations and politics. Highlights include Essence and Hearst Magazines. I later received an appointment in the administration of David Dinkins, the former mayor of New York City serving as press officer for the First Lady, Joyce Dinkins. I have contributed and provided research for numerous publications on pastoral self-care and sexual assault. I serve as an associate minister for a church in New Jersey.