I’m a multidisciplinary artist with roots in music, theatre design, and performance—someone who’s worn a lot of creative hats over the years, some glamorous, most gritty, all rooted in deep curiosity and the desire to make something meaningful. I studied classical piano, jazz, and West African drumming and dance at California Institute of the Arts, and also trained in theatre design at the University of Kansas. I’ve music-directed small ensembles, played bass for casuals and club dates, toured with a cumbia band, and worked behind the scenes as a sound and lighting designer, production assistant, and puppeteer in professional theatre. I’ve also spent time at Alfred Music Publishing, mostly working with Guitar Center and independent music stores.In the 20-teens, I played bass for several years with Klymaxx, performing under original member Cheryl Cooley—sharing stages with legacy artists like The S.O.S. Band, The Dazz Band, Salt-N-Pepa, and Chaka Khan. Before that, I worked at HBO’s Workspace, a live comedy development space in LA, where I crossed paths with then-rising talent like Jack Black, Sarah Silverman, and David Cross. I also spent a season with the Henry Mancini Institute, where I had the privilege of witnessing master-level musicianship up close from the likes of Patrice Rushen, Christian McBride, Peter Erskine, and others.On the digital side, what started as a passing curiosity about affiliate marketing turned into over a decade of experimenting—building websites from scratch (long before drag-and-drop builders with sleek templates), launching Shopify stores and Etsy shops, starting YouTube channels and podcasts, running ads, building funnels, and signing up for affiliate programs. Weirdly, I didn’t begin with the goal of making money—I just genuinely wanted to understand how it all worked. I’ve created ebooks, dabbled in Amazon arbitrage, and even started an air fryer e-cookbook (don’t ask). I learned a lot, made very little—but gained the kind of insight you can’t buy in a course (and yes, I’ve taken a few of those too). Insight about what not to do. About how fear, visibility, and not knowing what to offer can quietly kill your momentum.Your Skills, Your Strategy and Create With Me Sessions were born from all of this—part creative calling, part survival instinct. They both focus on helping multi-passionate creatives (especially Gen Xers) turn their lived experience into income through small, smart, soul-aligned offers.This isn’t a guru platform. It’s where you cut the noise, get clear, and finally start building on what’s already in your head.