Marjorie is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a BA in Political Science and minors in Dance and African/African-American Studies. A native New Yorker, recently relocated from Los Angeles to Houston, she currently serves as the Coordinator for the Houston Coalition Against Hate. HCAH is a network of community-based organizations, institutions and leaders in Houston, TX that have come together to collectively address incidents of hate, bias, discrimination and violence against Houstonians.

Prior to arriving in Houston, Marjorie served as the Associate Director of Street Poets Inc. for nine years. Street Poets is an LA non-profit poetry-based peace-making organization dedicated to the creative process as a force for individual and community transformation. This organization was crucial in doing the work of gang intervention and violence prevention through the use of music, poetry and the mentoring of at-risk/underserved youth and young adults.

A creative at heart, Marjorie is both an accomplished writer and performer. In addition to several film credits, she has appeared on stage off-Broadway as well as internationally. Her poems have been published in several anthologies (two of which have received Editor’s Choice Awards).

Currently, she is writing and producing a documentary called Private Collection about one of the few remaining collections of Haitian Art since the 2010 earthquake. Marjorie is excited by her new role as Executive Director of HCAH, and looks forward to assisting and collaborating with many organizations in the Greater Houston area.