• MEd, Boston College

Her professional background is in the independent film and television industry as producer, writer, arts administrator, outreach consultant, distribution/marketing specialist and teacher. She was a staff writer/producer for Henry Hampton's Blackside Productions, and an assistant story editor for MGM/UA in the feature film division, early in her career. As a founding partner of KJM3 Entertainment Group, Inc., a film distribution and marketing company that specialized in multicultural film and television projects, she directly managed the marketing and positioning of 23 films including the successful theatrical release of Daughters of the Dust, the highly acclaimed film by Julie Dash, as well as L'Homme Sur Les Quais (The Man By The Shore) by Raoul Peck. For the past twelve years, she has been the lead curator of the Creatively Speaking film series known for enlightening substantial audiences to the work of independent filmmakers of color. She currently serves as an independent media consultant to filmmakers and film/video organizations on issues related to distribution strategy, fundraising, marketing, outreach, and programming and production issues.

• Storytelling Through Visual Analysis
• Demystifying Distribution
• Diversity in African Diaspora
• Global Cinema
• History of World Cinema 1
• Race, Ethnicity, Class in Media
• Script Analysis

• Contemporary Media Representations of Women and People of Color
• Historical Representations of People of Color in fim and print

• New York Women In Film and Television (past board member)
• Advisory Board - ReelNY - Channel 13
• Independent Feature Project, member

• The New School University Distinguished Teaching Award in September 2005
• The 2008 Pen and Brush Achievement Award for Women in the Arts, February 2008