In the height of the social uprisings of 2020, following the brutal killing of another Philadelphia-based Black trans woman and the public assassinations of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, I transformed my grief and feelings of helplessness into action. Witnessing the ongoing violence against Black women, trans, and gender-expansive people pushed me into movement work, where I connected with a regional Reproductive Justice organization and helped organize a March for Justice honoring the lives of those lost to state-sanctioned and patriarchal violence.

For six+ years, I’ve had the opportunity to organize and grow in leadership within that organization, leading community-centered initiatives rooted in Reproductive Justice, collective care, and liberation. I’m deeply thankful for this experience, as it became my crash-course introduction to organizing, movement work, and Reproductive Justice. Reproductive Justice gave language to my lived experience in this world as a Black, queer woman.

 Reflecting on my journey from Special Needs Educator and Foster Parent to organizer and activist, I often say, “I felt helpless until I realized that’s how these [oppressive] systems want us to feel.” Since stepping into this work, I’ve led mutual aid efforts, facilitated RJ-centered leadership development programs, and created transformative workshops and trainings on Reproductive Justice and birth advocacy.

Affectionately known as Queen Phierce throughout Philadelphia’s queer and artist communities, I’ve always been a curator, organizer, and storyteller at heart. Since 2010, I’ve created platforms and experiences that amplify the voices of Black women and queer people — from webcasts and curated gatherings to opening my home as a judgment-free space for poets and singers to express themselves. My art reflects my lived experience, telling community stories both verbally as a poet and visually as a self-taught painter.

I bring together strategy, creativity, facilitation, and liberation-centered practices to co-create transformative change with individuals, organizations, and communities.

I am The Royal Rebel — building power, cultivating liberation, and curating impact through art and action.