Community Architect — Designing Spaces of Belonging

I wasn’t born in Baltimore. I grew up on the Jersey Shore and relocated to the DMV in 2018. As a nurse, the commute into DC was grueling — so I started working in Baltimore instead, and I’ve been at a Baltimore City hospital since 2019. That’s when something I didn’t plan for happened: I fell in love with the city and its people. Baltimore became the place I wanted to build a future in — and help others build one too. I build in a city I wasn’t born in because I chose it, and because I believe in what’s possible here. Nursing isn’t a detour from this work — it’s the foundation of it. As an acute rehabilitation nurse, I learned process discipline, accountability, and a care ethic that I bring to every project: do it right, document everything, and never lose sight of the person at the center of the work. A development is a kind of patient. You assess it honestly, you build a careful plan, and you see it through. I document the journey publicly — the wins, the setbacks, the learning — on Beauty and the Build TV, because the next person figuring out how to build shouldn’t have to do it in the dark.