EXPERIENCE

Founder & CEO · Suave Snaps

Sep 2024 - Present

• Built a portrait and event photography business serving 90+ active clients across Louisiana.

• Grew social media presence to 500+ followers, averaging 120,000+ views across two platforms

Assistant Videographer Intern · Tonya Boyd Cannon

Mar 2026

• Captured dynamic B-roll of artists, audience interactions, and live performances to strengthen visual storytelling for
  post-concert content.

• Contributed to videos exceeding 5,000 views by curating footage that optimized pacing and viewer retention.

Portrait Photographer · Liberty’s Kitchen

Jan 2025

• Directed professional photography sessions for executives, chefs, and staff, producing branded imagery for organizational marketing.

• Visual content contributed to a 15% increase in online visibility and supported a measurable lift in sales

Photographer · Dillard University

Aug 2023 - May 2024

• Documented campus events through candid and staged photography, producing imagery used across official
  university channels.

• Collaborated with peers to create shareable, high-quality visual content representing the student experience.

EDUCATION

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

M.S., Multimedia Photography & Design

Syracuse, NY · May 2027

Dillard University

B.A., Visual Arts

New Orleans, LA · May 2026

SELECTED PROJECTS

“Conditioned Calm” · Photographer · Editor

Apr 2026

A conceptual series on learned emotional restraint: how structured environments train composure until stillness feels instinctive. The work sits in the quiet space where desensitization takes hold.

“V(I)xen” · Photographer · Editor

Feb 2026

A layered visual study of duality, identity, and perception. Explores how certain versions of self are amplified while others are obscured and the tension between how one is presented and how one is imagined.

“Bloom” · Photographer · Editor

Apr 2025

An intimate series capturing a young woman’s quiet arrival into self-confidence growing from within, the shift from uncertainty to full, unhesitating ownership of self.

“Our Story” · Photographer · Editor

Feb 2025

A collection of images that builds on the small ways that black love is exemplified in the African American community. Displayed through faith, hair, gold, scents, and quality time.

“Blackout” · Photographer · Editor · Graphic Designer

Oct 2024

A concept graphic for Dillard University’s Men’s Basketball team honoring their traditional blackout game against their
hometown rivals.

SKILLS

• DSLR & Mirrorless

• Portrait Photography

• Studio Photography

• Lighting

• Adobe Photoshop

• Lightroom

• Illustrator

• InDesign

• Figma

• DaVinci Resolve

• Art Direction