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The Full Story
I came to this work through a long road. I spent nearly two decades in financial services at MUFG and Silicon Valley Bank, where I built culture strategies, managed complex implementations, led DEI programs, and designed the systems that helped organizations actually function. I earned my PMP and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt while doing it.
But over time, I realized what I was most drawn to was not the technology or the process maps. It was the people at the center of it all. The way culture either lifts people up or quietly squeezes the life out of them. The way organizations say one thing and build systems that do another. The way trust, when it is real, changes everything.
That curiosity brought me to USC's MAPP program, a master's in Applied Positive Psychology with a focus in I-O and Consumer Psychology. I graduated with new frameworks for understanding what actually drives human behavior in organizations and markets, and a research agenda of my own.
What I Stand For — CHOICE
Everything I build is grounded in six core values that spell out the thing I believe people deserve most in their work and their lives: a genuine choice.
Experience
Research Focus
My current treatise study examines how the rollback of corporate DEI initiatives affects Black professionals, with particular focus on how "civility" is weaponized to silence dissent and reinforce the status quo.
Grounded in organizational psychology, systems thinking, and intersectional analysis, the study draws from interviews and organizational messaging to explore narratives, DEI credibility, policy impact, and workplace attraction. I presented early findings at the BIOP Conference & Gala in February 2025.
