Knowledge and Thought Leadership
Frameworks
Transversal systems thinking
How I use it: Listen, conduct literature review, map the power dynamics, design system sample, find the leverage points, build, launch, and keep iterating.
SPINE Advocacy Story Structure
A structured, non-extractive, evidence-based approach to turning lived realities into collective action. Built for advocates, organizers, and communities.
Three-Question Equity Check for Conservation
Applied to every piece of coalition content: what happened to the land, air, and water; what happened to people’s bodies; and why this community.
Consequences, Not Stances
A communications approach for coalitions whose members hold opposing positions: talk about who gets access, who decides, and who benefits, through what happens after a policy passes, without attacking individuals or taking a side.
Essays and analysis
| 2026 | WE ARE NOT INVENTORY: Honoring a Century of Black Stewardship of Nature, Justice, and Health |
| 2024 | The Fragility of Privilege. December 31, 2024 |
Movement and campaign writing
- April 22, 1970 to April 22, 2025: We Are Still Breathing. Join Us.
- Join Us in Demanding a Cap on Big Oil’s Greed: Protect Public Health
- From Policy Wins to Environmental Action
- Week 4 in Think Before You Pink: The Politics of Breast Cancer
- Monthly legislative advocacy updates, Breast Cancer Action
Translation writing: science and policy for public audiences
Written for Breast Cancer Action’s 5,000-plus members, translating research from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and elsewhere into public health content.
| 2023 | Advancing Breast Cancer Health Equity, Part I: Why Social Determinants of Health Are Necessary for Improving Health Outcomes |
| 2023 | Advancing Breast Cancer Health Equity, Part II: Social Determinants of Health and Proven Strategies to Address Health Disparities |
| 2023 | Recent “Advances” in Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
| 2023 | Solving the Intricate Puzzle: Updates in the Obesity–Breast Cancer Connection |
| 2022 | Viewing the Relationship Between Obesity and Breast Cancer Through a Social Justice Lens |
| 2022 | Put the Right Incentives in Place to Encourage Drug Adherence |
Community-centered educational materials
| 2023 | What We’ve Learned About Breast Cancer from the California Immigrant Community. Fact sheet, co-author. April 2023 |
| 2023 | Lo Que Hemos Aprendido Sobre El Cáncer De Mama En La Comunidad Inmigrante De California. April 2023 |
| 2023 | GRAPE study final report, contributor. September 2023 |
Storytelling
| 2026 | Stories from the Gulf: Communicating Work, Place, and Purpose. Series author and curator |
| 2026 | Voices from our Coalition. Series designer. Producer. |
Conversations
With Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, President and CEO of the Environmental Grantmakers Association and founder of Climate Critical, on environmental racism, fossil fuel divestment, and the politics of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Action, 2023.
With Nichole Warwick, co-founder of Families Advocating for Chemical and Toxics Safety and Sonoma Safe Ag Safe Schools, on cancer, toxics safety, and community health. Breast Cancer Action, 2023.
Co-host, Oriire | African Heritage podcast. Societal Impact Award, The African Podcast and Voice Awards, 2023.
Speaking
| 2023 | Featured Speaker, Radical Disruption and Compassionate Resistance, Breast Cancer Action |
| 2023 | Panelist, Diversity in the Workplace, Ohio University Student Alumni Board |
| 2022, 2023 | Panelist, Breast Cancer with a Social Action Lens, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Michigan State |
| 2021 | Panelist, Symposium on Resilience in Global Engagement, Ohio University Office of Global Affairs |