Who I am
I've never fit neatly into boxes, and I've stopped trying.
I'm a cultural architect who spent nearly a decade at Meta building programs like We The Culture and Dale Tú—$70M initiatives that proved authentic community investment drives business results. I'm also a Georgetown-trained lawyer who designed M&A compliance frameworks and advised on global trade policy. I'm a creative exploring screenwriting, studying shoe design, and developing FAUST MILANO, a premium therapeutic footwear brand named for my great-great-grandmother.
Most leaders choose between the boardroom and the creative studio, between analytical rigor and artistic vision, between what pays and what calls. I refuse the choice. That refusal—that insistence on bringing my whole self to every room—is exactly what makes the work powerful.
The Professional Journey
My career has been anything but linear, and that's the point.
I started in international law—Hughes Hubbard & Reed, then Akin Gump—investigating corporate misconduct across continents, designing compliance programs, advising Fortune 500 executives. I learned to see patterns, navigate complexity, architect solutions for problems most people didn't know existed.
At Meta, I served as Associate General Counsel for four years, building the company's M&A compliance framework, advising on global trade policy spanning Latin America and Asia-Pacific, leading internal investigations. I was good at it. I understood the machinery. But something else was pulling.
In 2020, following George Floyd's murder and a national reckoning, I saw an opening. I transitioned to Meta's Global Partnerships organization with a mandate: achieve equity in representation and support for diverse creators.
What started as We The Culture—a $25M investment in Black creators—became proof that cultural authenticity and business results aren't opposing forces. We delivered 28% creator growth on Instagram, 824% on Facebook, $7M in earned media value, stat-sig brand lift. But the numbers only tell part of the story. We built community. Created opportunity. Transformed careers.
Poet Donovan Beck went from college student to MIT communications director with a Simon & Schuster book deal. Medical student Joel Bervell turned TikTok into a platform shifting narratives around racial bias in medicine. Comedian Lonnie Marts III made creator his full-time job and now co-hosts E! News' Hot Goss.
I followed with Dale Tú for Latinx creators, applying the same model. Combined: $70M under management, five years of renewals, one of Meta's most dynamic initiatives.
I greenlit 19 Facebook Watch shows, including Storm Reid's Chop It Up and Tina Knowles-Lawson's Talks With Mama Tina. I built the Sephora Brand Summit that drove $4.5M in incremental revenue. I advised on film releases, cultural tentpoles, product launches.
Through all of it, I learned this: The best work happens when you refuse to choose between creativity and strategy, between cultural authenticity and business outcomes, between who you are and what you do.
The Creative Journey
While my resume reads corporate, my soul has always lived somewhere else.
I'm an aspiring screenwriter exploring how race and gender shape identity—the moments that make us and break us, how we find ourselves in the wreckage. I studied acting and movement at American Conservatory Theatre and Berkeley Repertory School of Theatre. I've styled photoshoots, advised fashion startups, associate-produced Reflection, a psychological thriller addressing racial bias.
Travel deepened everything. Living in Paris as an attorney, I'd leave my office each evening and walk—absorbing architecture, dimly lit cafes, effortless style. I felt something awakening. I chased that feeling everywhere: Cape Town, London, India, Morocco, Argentina, Japan, Ghana, Brazil, and beyond. In every city, I searched for the same thing: connection to people, history, culture, the consciousness within.
Now I'm planning to attend Arsutoria School in Milan for shoe design, developing FAUST MILANO—a premium therapeutic footwear brand combining Italian design excellence with medical biomechanics, named for my great-great-grandmother Kizzie Faust Williams. It's ambitious. It's different from anything I've done. It's exactly what I need.
I'm also deep in family genealogy research, tracing the Faust line from slavery through multiple migrations, discovering Native American connections and Harlem Renaissance participation through Sadie Faust Davis. Understanding where I come from helps me understand where I'm going.
Thoughtfully crafted to elevate what matters most.
The Synthesis
For years, I kept these identities separate: the attorney and the artist, the strategist and the seeker, the professional and the person. But they were always in conversation.
Now I understand: My creativity makes me a better strategist. My legal training makes me a braver artist. The mind that designs compliance frameworks also sees narrative structure. The spirit that writes screenplays also imagines partnership possibilities others can't see.
I bring all of myself to every room. That's not a liability—it's the entire point.
“It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”
— Squarespace