I am a mother, daughter, and sister from Killeen, TX. My historical roots trace back to Cameroon and Nigeria, Africa.

I walk the walk and talk the talk, and sometimes that gets me in trouble. However, I am rooted in what I know and stand on it.

My parents are from the Midwest as they moved there due to the harshness of the South, where my great grandmother is from Tuskegee, Alabama.

This work came to me when I began studying social work and learning there are rarely any spaces for centering Black healing. I always longed for there to be a space where Black healing and Black woman healing were the center of the work. For centuries, all bodies benefit from Black woman healing. This ain't nothing new. I am just speaking it loudly and proudly.

Through my own stories of childhood pain and inner wounded little Jess, I always yearned for a place like Purple Couch Therapy to heal among people who looked like me, who could see my whole self. I am here to reclaim what Black girl magic means. Reclaiming Black girl magic is returning to yourself. Slowly coming back to who you always have been, tapping into that true essence of who you are.

I have worked hard, thanks to capitalism, for the letters behind my name to do this work, but the best training I ever received in this field is when I began to do my own healing work with different therapists, coaches, and teachers. I am able to hold more space for people when I am caring for myself.