I don't watch trends, I notice patterns

Before I launched Ginger and Carrot Productions, before my seven-year run in the tech industry, before my studies in sociology, I was one who listened, who observed. People's energy moved me deeply, so I became aware of them… for my own protection, for my own knowledge and understanding.

Being a Black woman isn't easy, but I still wanted the freedom to build, create, and shape the world around me.

My tech career was the first place my cultural depth was tested. I built products for enterprise organizations and quickly realized that really big companies loved to host really big meetings to figure out how to make money from even bigger companies. I knew there was more value to give.

My portfolio career let me work directly with business owners, creators, writers, experts

— people who make you feel hope again. No matter the project, the theme was the same: who they really were, what they really did, was so much bigger than how they showed up or what people remembered them for. Reading the culture lets me stay present and keep my head on a swivel.

I don't watch trends, I notice patterns.

I don't make decisions out of fear of being left behind… I ask "why" before moving downstream with everyone else. Leaders who invest in their thinking stay ahead of the curve. That's who wins in the end.