Me, Christiana and Rob hanging out at the main library. Last year Gibbs Smith Education contacted me to request that they highlight my Skin Color project in two of their cultural education textbooks. I was able to use amazing photos taken by my art friends Rob and Christiana to represent my work vibrant and beautifully. I totally kept it a secret from almost everyone. It didn't feel real until the books got here. I am so excited about this accomplishment couldn't have happe

After more than 3 years of friendship Joelle and I realized we didn't have any pictures together. (We must be best friends.) So our first order of business at her PBS screening last night was to take a picture together to mark this moment but more importantly to mark a friendship that has grown through and with our careers. I found Joelle after searching high and low for someone local to print my images. We met and hit it off immediately. We were both in the emerging stages o