Got 1 week under my belt with the @latimes — and my first byline in print. 📰 Feels so surreal. 
Cheers to my first @latimes_entertainment byline, and less than 10 minutes until showtime! 🍾 #linkinbio 
Excited & honored to finally announce that I’ll be joining the @latimes this summer as an Arts & Entertainment intern! 📰 Thank you to my professors, mentors & all those who have supported me along the way. Can’t wait to get to work next week! 📸: @hannawonphoto 
NEW BYLINE 💆🏾♀️: “We have been conditioned to think that a lot of things that are actually unhealthy are normal." — @elyselovemd • • • For my @allure debut, I wrote about @rebundle.co — the 1st U.S.-made, plant-based braiding hair brand — and spoke to CEO @_cizn, cosmetic chemists, & a dermatologist about understanding the impact of synthetic hair on Black women’s health. Thank you, @itsjihanm, for the opportunity & for working with me on this piece. 🙏🏾 Get into it at the #linkinbio! 
“I bring the thunder like Muri...” — @burnaboygram 🇳🇬 | Despite my alma mater’s insistence on being a national embarrassment, here’s to celebrating my first full week out of undergrad! 🍾 Big thank you to @hannawonphoto for capturing these memories that will last a lifetime (*whispers* book her). ❤️ 
A•LUM•NA 🎓 | Yesterday, I graduated from @uncchapelhill debt-free with a degree in Media & Journalism and a minor in Hispanic Studies. At 17, I signed a contract to attend Carolina on a full-tuition scholarship. Little did I know that the next 4 years would be fraught with pain, navigating a university that willfully endangers Black students, being gaslit by the very scholarship program that brought me here, and ending my collegiate career in a pandemic. Yet somehow, amidst the turmoil, I’ve accomplished so much — not because of this university, but in spite of it. It is by the grace of God, the support of my parents, loving friends, professors & mentors, and my fortitude that I am here today. It is finally finished. 📸: @hannawonphoto 
Two weeks ago, I wrapped up my spring internship with the @todayshow & @nbcu_interns. *sniffles* 🥺 For my final piece, I spoke to ‘08 & ‘09 grads about what advice they have for the #classof2021 as we enter the job market in a pandemic recession. (So fun! 🙃) Fitting that this story is live one day before my LDOC as an undergrad at @uncchapelhill. Big thank you to @michelelmeyer & @ablackwomanphd for sharing your journeys — and I hope my classmates feel some sense of reassurance after reading this. #linkinbio 
📚 MY LATEST with @todayshow: “Because though we supposedly live in the land of the free, as it's stated, that is complete irony," @itsmetheyfollow said. "I would love it if we were creating intentional spaces to discuss what the concept of freedom looks like...” • Had the pleasure of writing a profile on Jeannine A. Cook, the owner & curator of @harrietts_bookshop. Her words are especially fitting this week. #linkinbio 
Sharing 3️⃣ new stories of mine with @todayshow that were published recently! Visit the #linkinbio to give them a read: 🧠 spoke to @melodyhopeli, @sahajkohli, @latinxtherapist, @hellodrjoy, & @moniquecastro_wellness for #womenshistorymonth about how they’re increasing access to therapy for communities of color (also, cannot overstate how vital @therapyforblackgirls is for me 💕) 👂🏾wrote about @wearequilt, led by @ashleyjsumner, a feminine but gender-inclusive real-time audio network “where conversation is self-care” 📱took a look at Instagram’s new Remix feature and had the pleasure of getting @goodtomicha’s perspective as a Black influencer