About Me


With over 15 years of cross-sector experience in nonprofit and corporate environments, my background spans change management, brand development, strategic communications, and marketing operations—highlighted by milestones like guiding $23M+ in client revenue and executing a $300M product launch. As a strategic problem solver, I help clients align priorities and transform goals into measurable results.

Raised in New England with roots in Cabo Verde, I inherited my entrepreneurial drive from my grandmother, who operates her businesses with integrity and purpose.

If you’re looking for a trusted partner to help you think clearly, stay organized, and navigate change with confidence, I’d love to connect.

Methodology

Clarity starts from the inside out.


The Strategic Coherence Method™

The Strategic Coherence Method™ is the framework I use to understand how identity, strategy, structure, messaging, and execution work together.

When those elements are aligned, decisions become clearer, communication becomes stronger, and growth becomes more sustainable. When they are not, organizations and individuals often experience friction that shows up as confusion, stalled momentum, inconsistent messaging, weak execution, or misplaced effort.

My approach begins with diagnosis before prescription. Rather than starting with tactics, I look for the deeper patterns shaping what is happening now.

Philosophy


My work is grounded in the belief that identity is the foundation of all meaningful growth.

At both the individual and organizational level, identity shapes how decisions are made, how priorities are set, how systems are built, how stories are told, and how value is understood by others.

I draw from principles of identity formation and what I think of as Strategic Coherence Architecture, aligning identity, structure, and direction so that every part of the business reflects a unified whole. When identity is clear, everything else can be built with greater precision, consistency, and intention.

Coherence, however, does not mean sameness. Marketing, operations, customer experience, leadership, sales, communications, and internal systems can each play distinct roles while still reinforcing the same strategic direction.

This is why my work begins with diagnosis rather than prescription. Before introducing tactics, I look for the deeper structure of the problem: what is driving it, what is reinforcing it, what is missing, and what has become misaligned over time.

The same principles apply to personal branding. When individuals take the time to define and integrate their experiences, perspectives, values, and ambitions, they are better equipped to communicate who they are, position themselves effectively, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.

I do not think of brand as the external expression alone. I see it as a living organizational ecosystem, shaped from the inside out by identity, culture, systems, decisions, customer experience, and the way those elements are expressed in the market.

The goal is not simply a stronger brand, a better plan, or clearer messaging. It is to create enough coherence that the internal reality of the business and its external expression reinforce one another.


Selected Reading

A few works that have shaped how I think about identity, narrative, and organizational structure:

I'd love to learn about you and what you’re building.

If you’re navigating growth, change, or reinvention, let’s connect.