WRITING
Overlooked No More: Adefunmi I, Who Introduced African Americans to Yoruba
New York Times, Nov. 2, 2023
Discovering My NJ Hometown’s Ties to Slavery—And Freedom
New Jersey Monthly, Feb 2023
Returning to Nature
A #VQRTrueStory Essay, Jan 2023
The Forgotten Genius of Edward Bowser Jr., One of New Jersey’s First Black Architects
New Jersey Monthly, October 2022
How It Ends: April Fools
Scoundrel Time, January 2018
"Don't Call Slaves Immigrants,"
Literary Hub, March 2017
"The Drug Talk I Never Needed to Have,"
TueNight, February 2016
Redheads
The Rumpus, September 2015
My Family Tree in Black and White
MORE, September 2013 Winner, National Association of Black Journalists 2014 Salute to Excellence Award and Newswomen’s Club of New York 2014 Front Page Award
“Finding Peace from a War At Home”
The New York Times, May 2008
Brain, Child Magazine, Fall 2008“My daughter has decided that she is white. With her butterscotch skin and thick copper-colored curls, it’s easy to see that white is only half the story.”
Capoeira: The Joyful Martial Art
New Jersey Monthly Magazine, October 2008“A martial art where you ‘play’ instead of fight…capoeira was developed by Africans enslaved in Brazil…