By me

For your reading/viewing pleasure— a sample of my favorite pieces

Travel and Lifestyle

“A guide to Barbados' rum shops” (Lonely Planet)

“The 9 best things to do in captivating Curaçao” (Lonely Planet)

“A guide to Barbados, the laid-back Caribbean island” (Lonely Planet)

“The 11 best things to do in Barbados” (Lonely Planet)

“The First Female Master Blender For The World’s Oldest Rum Distillery Is Helping Barbados Reclaim The Liquor” (ESSENCE)

“A Love Letter To Rihanna, From One Bajan To Another” (ESSENCE)

Politics and Culture

“Meet the Group Supporting Black Students 3 Years After the Invasion of Ukraine” (Teen Vogue)

“Carnival For Every Body” (ESSENCE)

“Barbados’ Bold Quest To Claim the “Birthplace of Rum” (Life & Thyme)

“7 Historical Black Women Who Are the Definition of “Badass” (The EveryGirl)

“‘To this day my granny swears her younger sister was taken by a mermaid’” (gal-dem)

“I don’t mind the Commonwealth Games. It’s the Commonwealth that’s the problem” (gal-dem)

“For women and LGBTQIA+ people in the Caribbean, Western ideas of a liberal utopia hides an oppressive truth” (gal-dem)

Beauty

“For Black Patients With Hair Loss, Two New Treatments Show Promise” (Allure)

“Fenty Beauty’s Caribbean Expansion Is About More Than Access to Great Makeup” (Allure)

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Rihanna Celebrates Fenty Beauty’s Caribbean Expansion With Launch Event In Barbados (ESSENCE)

“Everything to Know About Myomectomy Scarring” (Allure)

“At Barbados's First Crop Over in Two Years, Freedom Was in the Air” (Allure)

“What I Wish Someone Told Me as a Black Girl Struggling With an Eating Disorder” (The Everygirl)

Social Media/Interviews
INTERVIEW: Dreams Take Flight: Hulu's WASHINGTON BLACK's Caribbean Roots and Global Storytelling (Hulu/Caribbean Heritage Magazine)

Rihanna plays “BUY, SAVE, DELETE” (Allure)

Rihanna reveals deserted island beauty essentials (Allure)