She has honed her technical skill and approach to design by teaching and working freelance in various areas of the apparel industry including fashion design, product development, technical design, retailing and surface design. She has developed research interests surrounding the psychological effects of color and geometric abstraction in design, the creative research process in design education and activism and feminism in the fashion zeitgeist. As a custom designer, she has had the opportunity to empower individuals by providing custom design and alteration solutions for clients with varying body types and across all age groups. She has also had the opportunity to use her skillset in the areas of costuming and wardrobe design for film, custom interior design and consulting for fashion-based start-ups.

As a design educator, she seeks to motivate students to comprehensively engage in both their learning experience and the design process as critical thinkers, creative professionals and global citizens. Fostering an environment that promotes student inquiry, creative engagement and challenging students through design methodology and technical processes. Her goal is to bring the bring the industry into the classroom to make sure that students are synthesizing ideas, making real word connections and developing as artists both practically and theoretically. Students have the opportunity to combine traditional methods of art and design along with digital literacy in design to help them find their voice. 

She is a graduate of Howard University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Merchandising in 2000, and a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Design in 2007.