My granddad passed away January, 2018 so i decided to cut the locs i’d been growing for almost 4 years (2014–2018). Well he was like a father to me and my brother and cousins. i started my hair over from a teeny tiny afro. And remembered how difficult trying to…

(this text was originally written for the exhibit brochure of Mothers of Creation, 2021 a joint exhibit with Mercy Sabal. presented here with a few edits)

Belize is completely isolated from a world moving faster and further into contactless payment. Add to this the fact that, chances are even if you’re familiar with both the Caribbean and Central America, you might not have ever heard of Belize. …

“Sugar cane is one of the most important sources of national income for many countries in subtropical and tropical areas. In Belize, which is one of the countries that we source from, raw cane sugar represents 19% of exports, the largest proportion for the country. Sugar cane is grown by…

written August 10, 2017 on invitation to present at TEDxBelmopan: Celebrate, i was later asked by TEDxBelmopan curator to defer my talk to when mental health would be the topic, possibly the following year i was told, since i mentioned anxiety and panic attacks in my text. I declined their…

In Belize, formerly British Honduras until 1973, the colonial project commenced as early as 1638, by 1862 a colony ruled by a governor who answered to the governor in Jamaica, and officially named Crown Colony in 1871. That is a very long time; one hundred and nineteen years of formal…

By now you may have seen the ME or ME4L on tees all around Belize and online. And it is always special when, without much words people wearing them acknowledge each other with a nod and a smile, hidden by a mask of course, something about the eyes though, and…