As a speaker, my goal is to inspire progressive ideas, provoke dialogue, and compel people to contribute to the solutions of our biggest societal issues.

I have sat on countless panels and have delivered several speeches to attendees at several national and regional conferences, including serving as the moderator of a panel discussion about writing nonfiction at the Decatur Book Festival in Georgia; discussing literary inspiration as a panelist at SpaldingCon in Louisville, Kentucky; being a panelist on the topic of freelancing at a national journalism convention in Las Vegas; and delivering inspirational speeches to aspiring journalists at a boot camp at Florida A&M University (FAMU).