Growing up as the daughter of a Black social worker in the South shaped how I understand the relationships between systems, communities, and wellbeing. My early work as a clinical social worker deepened this perspective, giving me firsthand insight into the ways structural inequities shape people's experiences of mental health and care. These experiences continue to inform my scholarship at the intersection of social work, psychology, and critical digital studies.

My research examines how Black communities, young people, and other historically marginalized populations use and experience digital and emerging technologies to cultivate care, connection, healing, and collective wellbeing. With a particular focus on Black women, I examine how culturally grounded knowledge and practices can inform the design and use of technologies to advance culturally congruent care and health equity. Across this work, I am interested in how communities create and reimagine technologies on their own terms and what these practices can teach us about building more equitable futures.