I was born and raised with the river in my bones.

My people come from Louisiana’s River Parishes. descendants of enslaved Africans who made a way out of no way in the same communities now known as Cancer Alley. That land holds memory. It holds grief. But it also holds joy, resistance, and legacy. I carry all of that with me in how I live, organize, and lead.

My journey into public life didn’t begin with politic, it began with family. I lost my grandfather to cancer after decades of working in the petrochemical industry. It wasn’t an isolated tragedy. It was a window into a much larger truth: our communities have been treated as sacrifice zones for far too long. That awareness became a call to fight for justice that’s not performative but personal.

I’ve spent years organizing for that kind of justice, whether building grassroots power across the South, protesting alongside workers and nurses in Los Angeles, or founding a candidate training institute to help everyday people step into public leadership. In 2024, I ran for Congress in Louisiana’s 2nd District on a people-powered platform to end environmental violence, create a federal public insurance program, and take on the toxic corporations poisoning our air, water, and futures. We raised over $118,000 from small-dollar donors and mobilized over 150 volunteers not for power’s sake, but to show what it looks like when community leads.

My ministry, my organizing, and my advocacy are all part of the same calling: to heal what has been broken, restore what has been stolen, and build something worthy of the people we love. I believe in the power of truth, in the dignity of our ancestors, and in a future that is freer than our past.

I'm still becoming—guided by faith, grounded in community, and rooted in the river that raised me.