I am a painter, communicator, and lifelong advocate for social justice and global health. I create art to tell stories that matter — stories of resilience, vulnerability, joy, and connection.
My work lives at the intersection of imagination and humanity. It is shaped by more than two decades of experience working in global health, and by the people — especially girls and women living with HIV — who have trusted me with their truth.
I believe that art is a feeling before it is a form.
That beauty can be made from the most ordinary materials — a torn piece of paper, a bottle cap, a scrap of fabric — just as hope can grow in the most precarious circumstances.
This belief underpins my work as an artist and as the founder of Painting for an Education, a community project that uses art to fund educational activities for young people living with HIV in rural Kenya.
I paint to explore what words cannot always express
the emotional landscapes of life — inner joy, quiet grief, stubborn hope, and untold strength.
I am especially drawn to texture, layering, and abstraction. My creative process is intuitive, experimental, and deeply rooted in the belief that art can heal — not just the artist, but those who witness or participate in it.
As someone whose professional and personal path has often straddled activism and creativity, I use art as a bridge — between worlds, between people, between what is and what could be. It is my quiet rebellion against bureaucracy, against invisibility, and against giving up.