Experiences

  • Thinking Strategically

    I have always had a pull towards creative problem solving. As a result of this I was initially drawn to consulting.

    From an NAACP consulting competition to BCG workshop to externing with PWC I have honed in on my creative problem solving skills. I was awarded the opportunity to also do pro-bono consulting for a minority owned business which has been featured in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.

  • Cultivating Creativity

    Artistically, I am inspired by storytelling and expressive mediums.

    I have created a commercial for a consulting firm collaboration, countless visual art pieces, as well as my own brand. I sit at the intersection of creativity and business.

  • Data Driving

    I use data to solve problems and extrapolate meaning. I have had the opportunity to do analysis in the medtech landscape, the sales landscape, and the CPG landscape.

  • Philosophy

    Create, Challenge, Captivate.

    You must challenge systems and ways of thinking in order to be innovative and create impactful concepts, products, and services.

Stryker

Utah

Reflection

Glass Ceilings

In the Fall of 2018 I had endured a series of concussions which had left me in a nebulous state. Staggering my cognitive processing significantly. Despite this feeling, my neuropsych evaluation placed my processing in the 99th percentile for my age group. An incessant feeling lingered- that of fear, fear of never getting back to where my brain had been prior. 4 muddled years later, following the pandemic, my first year at Howard University, and a glowing ember of a reality shift, I got a phone call.

Unbeknownst to me, my resume- as what I could only loosely describe as boney (as most freshman resumes are) - had been getting noticed in the Howard School of Business resume book.

On the other end of the phone was my boss- soon to be. My future confidant- the person that would push me beyond bounds. If there was a middle ground between leading a horse to water and getting thrown into the deep end, this would be it.

Expeditiously, I had gotten an offer and was moving to Salt Lake City, Utah.

I’d only ever gone as far West as Colorado for the breadth of a long weekend. And could never have mentally prepared for what was about to unfold.

I was living in Lassonde, a loft style dorm at the University of Utah. With a cohort of about 25 black students. I was titled as a Global Marketing Intern for Stryker NV, a division responsible for stroke and aneurysm remedies by way of biomedical devices. Within the first two weeks I had hit the ground running. Inundated with understanding data and grasping global business concepts, on top of learning neurovasculature and how the technology worked within it- I was immersed.

My regimen varied, but many days became as follows:

4am: Wakeup

4am-5am: Analyze Data

5am-6am: Swim (or float) (for stress reduction)

8am-5pm: Work in office

9pm/10pm: (Potential) International Meetings

Some days were more, some days we’re less. Some days I was flying into California in the morning and following a similar schedule up until the evening. Other days not.

During this time, I was under tremendous stress. I was presenting my data insights weekly to key global internal players- having never done data analysis.

This was my breakthrough.

The Pygmalion Effect was at play. My environment having high expectations of me drove results. Somewhere in this process I had adapted the way I was approaching problems. I was thinking clearly. There was no longer this delay or lingering haze in my mental processes.

I was present, coherent. I had managed to crawl out of my mental chasm, elucidated. In that time I gleaned valuable insights not only for the company, but for my own being.

Adobe

NYC