I study collective memory and historical erasure.

As a 4th-year PhD student in Sociology at the University of Toronto, I study how the stories we tell about the past shape identity, resistance, and justice. My research focuses on how states erase, distort, or sanitize violent histories — and how communities, particularly Black and other racialized groups, fight to remember, reclaim, and resist.

I hold a SSHRC CGS Doctoral Scholarship and was named a 2024 SSHRC Storyteller, awards that recognize my passion for making research engaging, accessible and impactful. Before this, I earned my undergraduate and master’s degrees in Sociology and African Studies at McGill University, in Montréal. I conduct research in both English and French.

But, research isn't the only way I tell stories.

As a creative, I work across digital art, short animation, photography, and poetry, using these sensory elements to explore themes of history, race, memory, temporality, belonging, and more. I’m continually seeking ways to bridge art, academia, and storytelling, especially as a course instructor. You know, some narratives can’t be fully conveyed through text and theory alone — they need to be seen, felt, and experienced.

Et puis voilà!

That is the memory work I do. I dig up forgotten histories, re-think the narratives commonly held in society, and paint marginalized stories onto canvases to be seen, heard, and remembered.