A recent graduate from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park, I grew up on a U.S. naval base in Japan. After 18 years of living life as a navy brat, I moved to Maryland in 2006.

All my opinions and photographs are my own and do not reflect the opinions or endorsements of my employers, past and present.

I’m a web production intern at Education Week, in Bethesda, Md.

Education is a topic of interest of mine, especially since I moved to Maryland, and saw the great inequity that existed in the education system. It disturbs me that despite acknowledging the need for educated members of society, there’s a serious problem with realizing that need.

I was also the education beat reporter for Capital News Service in the Washington, D.C. bureau during the Fall 2011 semester. CNS is a student-run wire service operated out of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism in College Park, Md.

Prior to working with CNS, I was an intern during the summer of 2011 for the Montgomery Sentinel in Rockville, Md., and a freelance reporter for its sister paper, the Prince George’s Sentinel in Lanham, Md. during the spring 2009 semester.

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My other interests include topics in sociology like race, class and gender, and how they intersect. I’m also a blogger, photographer, and bookworm.

Since moving to Maryland, I have become increasingly aware of many social distinctions like race and class, and as someone who identifies as mixed raced I have an interest in getting people to take part in discussions about race and privilege, to break down the white/black binary that affects much of the way our culture moves and thinks.

I also have an interest in the culture and arts, with photography being a  primary focus. This website is a space for my photographs and published articles but more importantly, the purpose of the website is to create a space where I can write about things that are not only personal but incite thoughtful discussion.

Comment boxes are open at the end of each post but I can also be reached via email at contact[at]gcimages.net (remove the [ ] when writing an Email). I am also accepting post ideas and guest posts for those interested in contributing their minds to the GCi blog. Just email me at the above email address with your idea(s).

Much Thanks,