I am a current senior in the College, majoring in English with minors in Consumer Psychology and Jazz and Popular Music Studies. My research interests pertain to African American literature and music, as well as Black feminism and pop culture studies As a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, I have examined the ways that Black women authors incorporate musical forms and motifs into their writing in order to make it more comprehensively embody their lived condition and insert themselves within Black feminist reparative practices. I have continued this research independently with the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, the culmination of which has become my senior honors thesis: “Caught In/Between: Expressions of Liminality in Jazz Aesthetic Literature.” On campus, I serve as president for the Philadelphia City Chapter of my Sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. I am also a Big Sister and board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters, as well as an instructor for CityStep and a member of Penn Women's Club Soccer. Feel free to reach out and connect!