Professional and Academic Presentations

My professional and academic presentations blend data, advocacy, and storytelling to drive meaningful conversations about education, business, and technology.
Through a multidisciplinary lens, I center the voices of Black mothers, explore the intersections of school choice, policy, and family engagement, and highlight how data-driven insights and lived experiences can shape more inclusive and effective educational systems that become the pipeline of talent for business and technology.
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Amplify The Voices of Black Moms

  • International Conference Presentations:

    2024 – Demographic Predictors in Kindergarten School Choice: Quantitative Insights into Parental Decision-Making – International Conference on Urban Education – Cancun, Mexico

    2024 – Restoring Trust, Restoring Community: Lessons from an Urban Charter School – Cancun, Mexico

    2024 – From Classroom to Campus: How K-12 Experiences Impact Trust in Higher Educational Institutions for Black Families – International Teaching Learning Cooperative – Asheville, NC

    2023 – Changing the World One Children’s Book at a Time – International Nanny Conference – Charlotte, NC

    2022 – Raising Black Boy: Changing the Narrative of Black Boys Through Positive Images – International Conference on Urban Education – Cancun, Mexico

     

     

  • Conference Presentations:

    2025 – Unlocking Potential: The Power of Parent Involvement in CTE Education- NC Career and Technical Education Summer Conference – Winston-Salem, NC (July 2025)

    2025- National African-American Child & Family Research Center’s 2025 Community-Engaged Research Conference – Atlanta, GA (June 2025)

    2025 – Ethical Guardrails for Generative AI: Building a Framework for Accountability – Analytics Frontiers Conference – Charlotte, NC (April 2025)

    2025 – Within Department Perceptions of Equity: A Study of Belonging, Job Satisfaction, Mentorship and DEI Initiative – Southern Sociological Society – Charlotte, NC (April 2025)

    2025- Dive Into Artificial Intelligence: Raising Kids in an AI World – Jack and Jill Children’s Cluster – Charlotte, NC

    2025 – Navigating Choices: AI, Social Capital, and School Section for Black Families – Eastern Educational Research Association – Hilton Head Island, SC

    2025 – Unwritten Stories: Disrupting Inequities in Children’s Literature – Mebane Early Literacy Conference – Charlotte, NC

    2025 – Navigating Parental Rights and Diverse Literature in K-12 Education – Journal of Language and Literacy Education at University of Georgia – Virtual

    2024 – 4 Strategies to Increase Black Parents’ Trust in Schools – National Family Engagement Summit – Savannah, GA

    2024 – Whose Voice Matters: Examining the Relationship Between North Carolina Parents Bill of Rights and Book Banning – #TeachinginColor Research Symposium – Charlotte, NC

    2023 – Why Race and Culture Matter to Storytelling – National Black Child Development Institute – Charlotte, NC

  • Invited Speaker and Panelist:

    2025 – Empowering Parental Agency: Navigating School Choice for Black Families in Urban Communities – Family Engagement on Demand – Invited Speaker – Virtual

    2025 – Women, Work & Calling Conference – Invited Panelist – Charlotte Institute for Faith and Work – Charlotte, NC

    2025 – 4 Strategies to Increase Black Parents’ Trust in Schools – Invited Speaker at Wake County Public Schools – Wake County, NC

    2025 – Modern Culture of Data – Invited Panelist – Apparo – Charlotte, NC

    2024 – How HBCUs Create the Best and the Brightest – Black Enterprise – Invited Panelist – Charlotte, NC

     

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