I’m a communication strategist and creative producer building story-driven campaigns, spaces, and films rooted in the South.
I've spent my career helping institutions earn trust by putting human stories at the center. As founder and CEO of RED SQUARED, I've served as communications director for the nation's largest cardiovascular study of Black Americans, led narrative strategy for a multi-state federal food systems initiative, and directed documentary films that have screened at the March on Washington Film Festivaland won Best Short Documentary at the Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival.
My work primarily involves strategy and story. I'm as comfortable in a stakeholder communications brief as I am behind a camera. What ties it together is a belief that the right story, told the right way, can shift how institutions see the people they're supposed to serve.
I'm a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alumnus, a Mississippi Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 honoree, and a 2025 Southern Foodways Alliance Film Residency fellow. I serve on the boards of Midtown Partners and New Stage Theatre, and as President of the Business Association of Midtown Jackson.
CURRENT PROJECTS
2025 Prototype Film Residency - Powered by the Southern Foodways Alliance, I’m working on a new documentary exploring land, power, and Black legacy in the South. LEARN MORE →
The Hangar in Midtown—I am developing a 19,000 sq ft creative production space and soundstage designed to serve as a hub for Southern storytellers and creative economy infrastructure. LEARN MORE →
FOUNDER & CEO | 2012–Present
I’m proud to have built one of the south’s leading media and cultural strategy firms. I’ve led award-winning projects for national clients, including multi-year government and nonprofit initiatives.
+ I’ve scaled RED SQUARED from a one-person creative company to a regional production studio with a full time staff and an expanding division of production services and rental offerings.
+ I’ve led narrative-driven campaigns for organizations including the USDA and The Jackson Heart Study.
+ I’ve developed crisis communications strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic and political unrest.
+ I’m positioning RED SQUARED as a thought partner on equity and narrative change in Mississippi and beyond.
FILM + MEDIA
I produce and direct documentary films that are grounded in real stories and built in collaboration with community-rooted organizations. My work turns lived experience into stories that inform, connect, and push for change.
THE DEFENDERS (2022)
A short film about lawyers representing black Mississippians with limited resources during the early years of the Civil Rights Movement and inspiring hundreds of lawyers that came to work in Mississippi, transforming the legal infrastructure of the state.
Official Selection: Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival, Oxford Film Festival, The March on Washington Film Festival, The Jackson Film Festival
PROMISED LAND (2023)
A short film chronicling the history of Mound Bayou, Mississippi—one of the first all-Black towns in America while celebrating the achievements of its residents while contributing to conversations about its future.
MISSISSIPPI LEFT ME OUT (2016)
A short film exploring the struggles of hardworking Mississippians facing the devastating consequences of inadequate healthcare access and the impact of the State of Mississippi’s decision not to expand Medicaid.
LEADERSHIP & RECOGNITION
COMMUNITY SERVICE
(2017–Present) Business Association of Midtown (BAM) – President
(2021–Present) Midtown Partners, Inc. – Board of Directors
(2024–Present) New Stage Theatre – Board of Trustees
(2018–Present) FLEET Creative Collective – Founder & Creative Director
AWARDS
(2019) Mississippi Business Journal Top 50 Under 40
(2022) Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival – Best Short Documentary
(2022) The March on Washington Film Festival – Featured Selection