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.
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Diagnosis
We begin by understanding the current state before deciding what needs to change.
Depending on the engagement, this may include examining:
identity, goals, and priorities
positioning and narrative
audience, market, or stakeholder context
existing strategies, systems, and processes
organizational or leadership alignment
points of friction, contradiction, or stalled momentum
The goal is to distinguish symptoms from root causes and identify what matters most.
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The Strategic Blueprint
Once the diagnosis is clear, we translate what we have learned into direction.
This phase may include:
clarifying positioning and priorities
strengthening narrative and messaging
identifying the highest-leverage opportunities
aligning strategy with available resources
determining what should change, what should remain, and what can wait
creating a focused roadmap for what happens next
The goal is not more activity. It is a clearer set of decisions.
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Strategic Coherence
A strong strategy only works when the surrounding pieces support it.
Depending on the engagement, this phase may include:
aligning people, priorities, and systems
strengthening marketing, communications, or growth infrastructure
refining workflows and decision-making
translating strategy into practical next steps
developing implementation plans, messaging frameworks, or operating rhythms
identifying where additional advisory or execution support is needed
The goal is to make sure the strategy can actually work in practice.
This is where clarity becomes action.
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:
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Erik H. Erikson
A foundational text on identity formation and human development. Erikson explores how identity is shaped over time through experience, conflict, and social context, offering a framework for understanding why clarity of identity matters in both personal and professional life. -
Dan P. McAdams
McAdams examines identity through the lens of narrative, showing how people make meaning of their lives by organizing experience into story. This perspective closely informs my belief that personal brands are not invented from scratch, but shaped through integration, interpretation, and articulation. -
Daniel Kahneman
A landmark work on judgment, decision-making, and cognitive bias. Kahneman’s research offers valuable insight into how people perceive information, make choices, and respond under uncertainty, which is essential in both brand strategy and organizational change. -
Richard P. Rumelt
Rumelt distinguishes clear, coherent strategy from vague ambition and empty language. His work reinforces the importance of diagnosing the real challenge, focusing attention on what matters most, and building direction that is grounded, actionable, and aligned.
I'd love to learn about you and what you’re building.
If you’re navigating growth, change, or reinvention, let’s connect.
