Numerous schools and libraries throughout the United States (references provided upon request) 

• • AVENUES “Team/Staff Building With Stories” Hannibal, MO  
  • Moberly Area Community College Moberly, MO  
  • Quincy Park District Quincy, IL  
  • Oral & Moral Storytelling Conference Hannibal, MO  
  • Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence conference Springfield, IL  
  • Quincy Museum Folk Arts Festival Quincy, IL  
  • Fort Leonard Wood Literacy Festival Waynesville, MO  
  • Sikeston Cotton Festival Sikeston. MO  
  • Northern Appalachian Storytelling Festival Mansfield, PA  
  • Chillicothe Chautauqua Chillicothe, MO  
  • Raintree Arts Council’s River Lore Intergenerational Project Elsberry, Louisiana and Winfield Missouri Schools  
  • Women’s Center of Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL  
  • Salt River Folklife Festival Florida, MO 
  • Nebraska Storytelling Festival Omaha, NE  
  • Sioux Falls Storytelling Festival Sioux Falls, SD 
  • Old Courthouse Heritage Museum Sioux Falls, SD  
  • National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Conference Washington, DC May 
  • Mineral Area College Park Hills, MO   
  • Culver Stockton College Canton, MO   
  • Regional storyteller at numerous festivals 

ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS AS A FEATURED TELLER

• Big Muddy Folk Festival Boonville, MO 
• Ironworld Button Box & Quilt Festival Minnesota 
• Small Farm/Nutrition Conference Cahoka, MO 
• New Salem Storytelling Festival (twice) St. Petersburgh, IL 
• Vermont College Writer’s Conference Montpelier, Vt 
• Storytellers’ Yagbe Milwaukee, WI 
• Suncoast Writer’s Conference St.Petersburg, FL 
• St. Louis Storytelling Festival (twice) St. Louis, MO 
• NABS Festival Kansas City, MO 
• Trails West St. Joseph, MO 
• PBS St. Louis 
• PBS Springfield, IL 
• CSPAN (for portrayal of Mrs. Dred Scott during the Quincy, IL enactment of the Lincoln Douglas debates) 

REGIONAL TELLER HIGHLIGHTS

• National Storytelling Network Annual Conference Kansas City, MO 
• National Storytelling Festival Exchange Place Jonesborough, TN 
• National Storytelling Network Featured teller Jonesborough, TN
• International Storyteller in Residence Jonesbourough, TN
• St Louis Storytelling Festival  
• Maple Woods Community College Storytelling Festival 

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHT

• Traveling as an Education & Storytelling Delegate to the People’s Republic of China with members of the National Storytelling Network 1997 (Bejing. Gaochung City, Shanghai. Gung Vllage) 
• Telling Stories at Shaanxi Normal University Xi’An, China 

AWARDS

• “Distinguished Literary Achievement Award” from the Governor’s Humanities Council for my book, Stories From the Heart, “ Missouri’s African American Heritage.”
• Griot’s Award from the Black History Museum in St. Louis
• “Individual Artist of the Year Award” from the Missouri Arts Council 
• Scholarship recipient to Southern Arts Federation Conference for Professional Development Training 
• Oral Histories Project Grant through MAC/MFP administered by Clarksville, MO’s Raintree Arts Council 
• Missouri Historical Society Research Grant (Brownlee Fund) 
• MFP/MAC.MFS Storytelling in MO grant 
• MO Master Folk Artist in the area of Storytelling 
• National Association of Black Storytellers Life Member
• HONORARY DOCTORATES DEGREE from The University of Missouri in May of 2015
• Project Grants (as Executive Director of FGAC/Hannibal) 
• Making A Difference Award (St. Louis Continental Society) 
• Outstanding Leadership Award (Phi Theta Kappa) 
• Outstanding Student of the Year 
• Full Career Scholarship to Washington University, St. Louis 

EDUCATION

• Honorary Doctorate Degree from The University of Missouri in May of 2015
• Master Degree in Education (M.Ed.) University of Missouri, St. Louis 

• Bachelor Degree in Psychology Washington University, St. Louis 
• Certificate with honors in Journalism Washington University, City 
• Associate Degree in General Education St. Louis Community College at Forest Park 

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATES

• Excellence In Teaching University of Missouri/Columbia 
• Fundamentals of Arts Management Missouri Arts Council 
• Conflict Resolution Training Certificate (Martin Luther King Center) 
• Outstanding photography (President’s Choice) St. Louis Community College at Forest Park 
• Student of the year (St. Louis Community College at Forest Park)