This article examines the structure and theory behind my clinical therapy group that I run on Wednesdays at a halfway house.

Ayahuasca represents far more than a psychoactive substance; it is a sacred medicine embedded within indigenous significances that long predate its modern colonization. As ayahuasca use becomes more prevalent in Western wellness spaces, it becomes reframed as a tool for self actualization. This narrative often obscures its cultural origins and ethical complexities. For social workers, the path forward is neither a path of full endorsement nor of complete dismissal, but a balanced, ethically grounded response rooted in harm reduction, cultural humility, trauma informed care, and adherence to our Code of Ethics.

Written for my Historical policy class, this paper explores how social welfare policies have impacted people of color in the United States.

What Is Romantic Love? is a paper that explores the philosophy of how we express and experience romantic love.

This paper was written for a social work class exploring cultural humility.

This multicultural “guide” is compiled from notes I had taken on the subject of evil eye for a Monthly Magic group I lead in 2023.

A poetic hymn I wrote in the Byzantine liturgical style in homage to Harriet Tubman

This paper explores the connection between art therapy and my work at Neighborhood Music School’s summer program Audubon Arts.

It was a cool summer night, I sat in my bed reading one of my new favorite books “Treasure in The Earthen Vessels: Prayer and The Embodied Life” by Decon Stephen Muse. I had been studying and studying all about Sophia “Holy Wisdom”, The Feminine aspect of God in Christianity. But I couldn't exactly figure out where She fit in for me.

In order to stop the onslaught of Nihilism in my own life and the lives of others I will practice the art of religious and magical rituals and ceremonies both in private and in community.