"The oldest story on Earth was always ours. Welcome to the reclamation."

I've always been an artist at heart — always have been, always will be.

It began at age five when a screening of Steamboat Willie sparked something that never went out. I turned to my mother and said simply — "That's what I want to do."

That moment launched a decades-long journey through traditional drawing, graphic design, poetry, woodworking, digital illustration, costume fabrication, and prop building. A graduate of the Arts and Design school, I spent thirty years as a visual artist and worldbuilder — including years as a Dungeon Master crafting immersive universes and designing a tabletop RPG of my own. Those years taught me what makes stories meaningful — rich culture, layered identities, and authentic representation.

Fourteen years ago I began writing screenplays. Sixteen years ago I began building the universe that would become B.E.A.R.S.: The Awakening — a high-concept military sci-fi epic produced through Dragonesque Studios LLC in co-production with Moskitos Films and director Darryl D. Johnson.

I sharpened my craft through MasterClass sessions led by Bob Iger, Shonda Rhimes, Neil Gaiman, and Samuel L. Jackson — four of the most influential voices in storytelling, business, and entertainment working today.

The First Hyguardian is the first novel set in the B.E.A.R.S. universe. It is the story of Dr. Ashé Dravon — a Black American crypto-archaeologist in Neo-Mexico City 2120 — and the ancient cosmic truth sleeping in his blood. It is the beginning of a universe I have spent sixteen years building because it didn't exist anywhere else.

I believe storytelling is at its most powerful when it reflects the world as it truly is — diverse, vibrant, and complex. My mission is to tell ethnic stories from an ethnic point of view, with authentic voices behind and in front of the camera.

Because true representation isn't just important.

It's transformative.

The First Hyguardian — Q3 2026