portraits are the familial heirlooms that tell my story...
Born in the beautiful island of Jamaica...
i fell in love with film photography + portraiture as a young girl. my first introduction to portrait film photography was by way of my maternal grandfather, Ernest, who on many of his annual visits to Jamaica during my childhood, would honor the ending of each visit by setting up his antique styled vintage film camera to capture those classic 80’s + 90’s family portraits, often in the backyard of her family home. There would be some protesting with having to sit still, but this became a beautiful + deeply meaningful family ritual over the years.
A visual heirloom of sorts that unconsciously inspired my emerging creative identity in my formative years + is the familial cornerstone that propels my curiosity within my work as a trauma-informed + culturally sensitive perinatal portrait photographer.
Licensure
2023
BIRTH BECOMES YOU
CERTIFIED BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHER
2021
amERICAN DANCE THERAPY ASSOCIATION
BOARD-CERTIFIED DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPIST
2020
LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN
Education
2024
UMASS Chan Medical School Fellowship
EARLY RELATIONAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP, FELLOW
2021
Jewish Families & Children Services
INFANT-PARENT MENTAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP, FELLOW
2015
Lesley University
MA IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY
Certifications
2023
NEWBORN OBSERVATION SYSTEM TRAINING
2018
DC 0-5 TRAINING DIAGNOSIS CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD
PERINATAL MOOD AND ANXIETY DISORDERS (PMADS)
Memberships
2022
massachusetts association for infant mental health
2020
NATIONAL BLACK DOULA ASSOCIATION
2018
POSTPARTUM SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL
2012
NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN DANCE THERAPY ASSOCIATION
2012
AMERICAN DANCE THERAPY ASSOCIATION
PHOTOS BY TARIK BARTEL
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