I am first and foremost an artist whose template is the human body and whose story is the human condition. I create to express, to purge, to holler, to breathe and to proclaim. As a choreographer, my choices are limitless and my position in this world as a woman guides my movement. I am a storyteller whose words and thoughts are best articulated through ululations that affirm bodies in space, undulations that mimic the waters that carried my ancestors to foreign lands, stomps that resist being silenced and a groove that situates me at the center of what was, is and what can be. My body and intellect are sites of protest and hope. My work creates space for the forgotten and is rooted in advocacy. I am inspired by events that have impacted community, family and self. I am equally as inspired by the artists that trust me to guide them through my creative process. I stand firmly on the shoulders of women warriors who too have used their voices to speak truth to power.