I used to be the digital police.
That's usually how I explain what I did at TikTok.
For five years, I worked behind the scenes in Trust & Safety, learning how digital platforms operate, how community guidelines are applied, and why certain content gets flagged.
But my experience taught me more than what people shouldn't post. It gave me a deeper understanding of digital communities, responsible storytelling, platform integrity, and how brands and creators can navigate an ever-changing online environment.
Today, I bring that perspective into the work I do with businesses, creators, and organizations.
Perspective from five years of professional experience, not current authority over TikTok's policies.
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Behind the content: stories from inside TikTok.
I wasn't only behind the scenes. I created the first employee-led TikTok video for BLXCK, TikTok's Black employee resource group, to show the community behind the company, and it was featured.
Telling employee stories taught me how to make people visible: the purpose, the audience, the moment that makes someone feel seen.
In New York I produced and coordinated BLXCK content for the official Life at TikTok channel, including the Career Advice series.
Featured by TikTok on LinkedIn, February 15, 2024: "Bold, resilient, and unstoppable."
I learned that community doesn't build itself.
While working at TikTok, I became deeply involved in BLXCK, eventually serving as a North America lead for a community of more than 900 members.
I wasn't interested in creating connections that stopped at the office door. I wanted to bring people together across teams, other employee resource groups, and community organizations. I wanted us to collaborate, share resources, support each other, and create opportunities for our communities.
That experience strengthened something that has always been part of who I am: my ability to see how different people and organizations can come together around a bigger vision.
Beyond the office.
Community outreach, nonprofit relationships, and partnerships that turned an employee community into something families could feel. The clearest example: a grassroots backpack effort that grew into a multinational initiative.
Seven cities. Three countries. Hundreds of volunteers. That story has its own file.
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