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J.D. Candidate & Garrison Social Justice Scholar

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2025 was a year with no limits! I accomplished so much, made some incredible memories, and truly lived. Cheers to 2025 🥂 ✨

‘Tis the season to be grateful & count your blessings 🎄🎅🏾✨

Steppin' out and soaking it all in

#westcoastbestcoast #palmsprings

Real hot boys go hiking in the desert 🥵
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2L ✅
Become BLSA President ✅
1 year left!

#futureblacklawyer
#lawschool
#lawstudent
#blacklawstudent
#vanderbiltlawschool

beach mini vlog ☀️🌴

#beach #almostsummer #solotrip #springbreak

📍Las Olas Beach ☀️🌴

#springbreak #solotrip #florida #almostsummer

My 3rd fastest 5k 🏃🏾‍♂️🥶 🥇
@hotchocolaterunseries

Happy Black History Month! Recently, Vanderbilt BLSA hosted our annual Alumni Banquet and it was a huge success and a lot of fun! What a great opportunity to meet so many Black attorneys. @vanderbilt_blsa #blackhistorymonth

My very first Cocktail Festival here in Nashville 🥂

☀️ Summer in Tennessee

#hiking #summer #tennessee #waterfalls
#chasingwaterfalls

My first semester of law school is officially over! Here are some of my favorite pictures and memories from the semester.

#VLS

I’m excited to share that this fall I will be moving to Nashville, TN to pursue a law degree at Vanderbilt Law School! As a first-generation law school student, I am humbled to have been awarded the Chancellor’s Law Scholarship and the Dean’s Leadership Award. With this opportunity, I look forward to fulfilling my goal of improving outcomes for communities of color through the law.

When I reflect on the sacrifices that my parents and grandparents made to get me to this moment, I am truly lost for words. Both sets of my grandparents left the South in search of better opportunities in the 1960s, and their decisions ultimately blazed a trail for me. As a beneficiary of their sacrifices, it is fitting that I am returning to the South to build on their legacy, and through the law, expand possibilities for communities like mine. I hope my education and career will be a testament to the values they instilled in me.

This moment would not be possible without my friends, family members, and professors. I would like to thank Drs. Sybrina Atwaters, Richard Barke, and William A. Keyes IV, as well as my friend and mentor Shekinah Hall @hallsg18. I would also like to thank the Stamps Scholars Program at Georgia Tech led by Chaffee Viets, and the scholars at The Institute for Responsible Citizenship, all of whom encouraged me to persevere through the law school application process. And lastly, I would like to thank Ms. Wanda Wills Woodland who first inspired me to use my voice to improve my community through the NAACP Charles County Youth Council.

I look forward to embarking on the next phase of this journey and taking on the challenges that lie ahead!

📸: @_bennyshoots
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#FutureLawyer #VanderbiltLaw #Classof2026 #BlackLawStudent #LawSchool #LawSchoolBound #Incoming1L

Is it even summer if you don’t post a pool pic? 😎

Happy Father’s Day!

Last night we took my dad to see the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 🎶

I still can’t believe I’m now an alum of GT 🤧
#bgt #onyxgraduation

As one chapter closes, another one begins. I’m really going to miss this place 🐝

📸: @kennytakespictures

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