Stage & Screen
HER WATERS (short film, formerly “Holly”)
We, The Feminists! (TV Pilot)
A young Black activist discovers that fighting for gender justice is complicated enough without having to hide the fact that her sugar daddy just became her nonprofit's biggest donor.
Awards: 2025 Women’s Independent Film & Television Festival Selection & Finalist
COMBAHEE, a new musical
An experimental musical and love letter to Black feminisms present, future, and past. The musical follows four friends as they explore what it looks like when Black women and femmes center play and pleasure as protest.
Readings & Workshops: NYU Tisch Arts Politics Dept., 2025 EmergeNYC Works-in-progress at Brooklyn Arts Exchange (pictured left)
Awards: NYU Tisch School of the Arts Center for Research & Study Travel Research Grant
Photo credit: Moti Margolin and Mayu Ito
In a present-day, bold twist on the classic film Breakfast at Tiffany's, Nasima heads to Ghana to ditch romantic conventions, find freedom in dance, and reclaim authenticity through her ancestral spirit guide, Mami Wata.
Readings: New York Women in Film & Television New Works Lab (2025), The Makers Space Intimate Artists Night (pictured right), NYU Tisch (2025), 2025 Afrofuturist Femmes Film Festival
Awards: 2025 Afrofuturist Femmes Film Festival (Selection), 2025 Women’s Independent Film & Television Festival (Finalist), 2024 New York Screenwriting Award (Finalist)
ZAHRAH, a new musical
In the aftermath of heartbreak, how does one awaken the goddess within? ZAHRAH weaves themes of love, loss, and self-discovery within a liminal multicultural mythical realm, where true healing emerges from facing one’s shadows.
Readings & Workshops: 2024 Anaphora Arts Residency (pictured left), UNTITLED Musical Writers Group (Spring 2026)
Essays & Poetry
Nonfiction/Memoir
All I’ll Remember is the Music, midnight & indigo
A Survivor’s Sonata, We, As Ourselves
Thoughts on Black mOTHERhood, Permission to Write
Hair Diaries: I Cut Off My Hair And Found Myself, Carefree Magazine
Feminist Theory: From Jesus to Center, The New Territory Magazine
Starting Point: Not Your Mama’s Discipline, The New Territory Magazine
Poetry
Common Unity, New York Writers Coalition anthology
An Ode When I Need It The Most, Permission to Write
Pressure, Harness Magazine
Paint a Picture, Harness Magazine
Opinion/Cultural Critique
Red Wine, White Pages, and the Blues, Chasing Justice
Harnessing the Healing Power of Music for Your Mental Health, 21Ninety
The Hidden Link Between Domestic Violence and Abortion, Rewire News
Our Family Soundtrack: The History of Black Music and Social Politics, The Witness Black Christian Collective
Songs to reclaim your #BlackGirlMagic, 21Ninety
How ‘Queen Sugar’ Brought The Healing Process To Life For Survivors Of Addiction And Sexual Violence, Blavity
From The School To The Workplace: Black Women And The Unfair Dress Code Policies We Face, Blavity
The Idolatry of Biblical Womanhood, Sojourners
Do We Really Value Women? The Church and a Call for Gender Reconciliation, The Witness Black Christian Collective
A Letter from the Angry Black Woman in Your Pew, The Witness Black Christian Collective
What’s the Cost of a Black Life? Money Won’t Make Injustice Right, Elite Daily