Current and Recent Projects
Access Before Mastery: Rethinking Music, Connection, and What It Means to Belong
Available now on Amazon!
A book centered on the idea that music belongs to everyone. This project reflects my philosophy of inclusive music-making and challenges the idea that mastery must come before participation, expression, or belonging. It is rooted in the belief that access is not an extra feature of education or art—it is the foundation.
The Sound of Belonging: Unheard Observations on Connection and Absence
Work in progress
A creative novel structured through musical movements, exploring what it means to exist within systems while longing for connection, identity, and authenticity. Through recurring motifs, shifting textures, and a narrative shaped like a composition, this project reflects the tension between structure and humanity.
At its core, The Sound of Belonging asks a central question:
What happens when a person begins to hear themselves outside the system they were designed to fit within?
Sterile Laureate
Currently in the publication process, will be available this summer
A dystopian fiction project that explores power, identity, performance, and humanity within a controlled and hierarchical world. This work reflects another side of my writing life—one shaped by atmosphere, symbolism, and the emotional tension between order and freedom.
Why I Write
I write because some ideas need more room than conversation allows. Writing gives me a way to reflect, question, imagine, and build. It helps me bring together the different parts of my life—music, teaching, leadership, creativity, philosophy, and lived experience—into something I can offer others.
At the heart of my writing is a simple belief: people deserve to be seen not only for what they can produce, but for who they are. Whether I am writing about education, music, disability, or fictional worlds, I return again and again to questions of humanity, access, and meaning.