I was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. I have been active in various social justice movements since 2000, primarily in North Carolina, but I've supported struggles across North America. I am also an aspiring writer who has been published in several places, but I now I'm mounting the Herculean task of making writing an occupation, as well as a way of life. I am currently a history student at North Carolina Central University.

In my history studies I focus on the relationship between social class and other systems of political organization. I believe in a systematic view of history, one that recognizes how all sectors of society---political, economic, academic, social---interact with each other in the course of human events.