Girls Lead Summit (nonprofit) and Mimi: Shero of Love / Heroína del Amor
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From Jamaica to Colombia to right here in LA, we’ve impacted countless girls from around the world. The vision of GLS is to help young women unveil their inner power, lead by example, and in turn help shape a new generation of female leaders.
Parks and Landmarks
As a lover of all things nature, I created the commerce site Parks and Landmarks to help fund our 63 national and state parks and other natural places. With budget cuts threatening their day-to-day business, parks struggle to raise enough money for their operation and upkeep.
The Little Book of Bird Crimes
As we all know, birds are little winged criminals.
RIVER / PALO SANTO / COISA LINDA:
Three genre-defying singles that explore cultural identity, desire, the high stakes of vulnerability, and whatever else you take away from them since art is subjective. Across these tracks I wrote lyrics & melodies, tracked drums, and arranged. Featured in AltNubian, Lyrical Lemonade, Soul Conversations Radio, Written Records, and more.
The Risper Scholarship Foundation
As a creative, it has always been hard to find a place to belong. I come from Kenya where you’re only considered successful if you are a doctor, teacher, engineer, pharmacist or lawyer. I know it is even harder for the kids who live in Kenya to pursue their passion. My organization mentors young boys and girls and we teach them that they can be anything they want. They don’t have to force themselves to fit in the small box that has been created by society.
Voting Art – ?? Free-to-use, non-partisan art intended to help spread the vote. ??
Being born in South Africa and being on a Visa, I can’t vote in the US.
A few months before the 2020 presidential election, I started the instagram account @votingart with my friend Aurèlie Diaz (who is French and cannot vote either).
We created, commissioned and gathered over 130 pieces of non-partisan and free-to-use art from the most talented artists – all with the sole intention to encourage and spread the vote.
FUNKY FLOWERZ
My NFT collection ‘FUNKY FLOWERZ’ consists of 9 different flower species, each one with 300 unique variations to total 2700 in all. I mapped out an intricate hierarchy of rarity by including different bugs and adding special edition colorways.
Self reflection
The thing about side projects is that you’re never sure if you’re any good at it, to keep doing it. And because you don’t keep doing it, you never get good at it.
Coat Check
This is a short story that takes a harsh look at the sometimes disheartening and disillusioning realities of young love. After working coat check for a campus charity gala, the story idea struck me like a mallet. I wrote it feverishly over the course of three nights.
Sign to Stay
Every week 125 people in the UK take their own lives. 17.6 of those people are deaf or hearing impaired. and yet, the majority of mental health and suicide prevention focuses on telephone hotlines.
