As Director of Entrepreneurship & Economic Opportunity for the City of Detroit, helped launch the city’s first-ever municipal startup fund to invest $700,000 into Detroit-based startup founders and drive local job creation.

Worked with Council President Mary Sheffield, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, and local small businesses to design and launch the Detroit Legacy Business Program, supporting long-standing Detroit small businesses with $2 million in funding and assistance.

Worked to make the City of Detroit a partner for economic growth by using innovative technology to strengthen water infrastructure, improve access to services, protect residents and first responders, and advance small business policy reforms.

Secured hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to recruit and retain innovative startup talent in Detroit and to better connect local small businesses to capital.

Serves as an adjunct law professor teaching labor and workers' rights law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.

Worked for the UAW and SEIU as a law clerk, advancing protections for collective bargaining rights, supporting legal intake on wage theft claims, and training workers on their labor rights.

Helped lead organizing and legal strategy work for a national advocacy organization to raise the minimum wage in Michigan and around the country. 

Served as an organizer for March for Our Lives. Helped turn out students for one of the nation's largest rallies against gun violence and hosted events to advocate for common-sense gun safety reforms.

Elected as a DNC Delegate in 2020 and actively worked to unify the Bernie and Biden campaigns to defeat Donald Trump through coalition building, surrogate work, GOTV, and policy advising efforts. 

Served as one of the Biden-Harris administration's first interns in the summer of 2021 as an intern for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Contributed to the executive order revision process for the reissuance of Executive Order 12898 which required all agencies to make achieving environmental justice part of their mission.

Endorsed and actively supported Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in her 2024 campaign and participated in GOTV and voter engagement efforts at local, state, and federal levels.

Appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to serve as the youngest member of the Michigan Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Through this role, worked to secure  the Governor’s $2 million Water Restart Grant Program and her statewide Water Reconnection Executive Order during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Appointed by Governor Whitmer to serve as the youngest member of the Black Leadership Advisory Council, charged with developing, reviewing, and recommending policies/actions to eradicate and prevent discrimination and racial inequity in Michigan.

Graduated from Rice University with a degree in International Health and Policy. Served as Student Body President and led organizing efforts to help impacted communities rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Graduated from Columbia Law School as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (honors) and as a Berger Public Interest Public Service Fellow. Served as a teaching assistant for First Amendment scholar and University President Lee Bollinger. Served as Student Body President and Columbia Law School Democrats President. Awarded the Valentin J.T. Wertheimer Prize in Labor Law.

Invited to deliver dozens of guest lectures and remarks, including an invitation by EPA Administrator Michael Regan to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Member of several local organizations including the NAACP and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.

Serve on the boards of the United Community Housing Coalition, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, and Climate Power.

Raised over $150,000 for the United Community Housing Coalition to keep families in their homes.

Serve as a volunteer attorney to help local residents through the expungement process. 

Recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as a 20 in their 20s awardee for civic leadership and efforts to unite the community in the face of crisis.