I started working as a Teaching Assistant in the Open Writing Lab at Jersey City State College in 1979. The following year I taught photography during a Summer Youth Employment Project for the Black Organization of Students at Rutgers University in Newark, and later that year in December I taught my first traditional African Dance Class at the same location.

My primary artistic medium is visual art. My process encompasses drawing, photography, collage, mask making, mixed media, three-dimensional art, and iPadology (abstract photography using the iPad).

My father had Alzheimer’s and I found that he could concentrate for short periods of time if I gave him simple instructions for creating art projects. I noticed that he would relax while working on the projects. That experience led me to working with independent seniors in residencies, museums, senior centers, and acute care facilities for the past ten years.