Education
BFA Photography New Jersey City University (2016)
Awards & Workshops
2020
Darryl Chappell Grant to Afrodescendent Artist
2019
7th Annual NY Times Portfolio Review
2017
5th Annual Bronx Documentary Center Portfolio Review Fujifilm Bronx Scholarship
2016
Eddie Adams Workshop XXIX
4th Annual NY Times Portfolio Review
1st Annual Your New York Minute Honorable Mention
Exhibitions
2023
“Images Without Words”, The Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ - Sept. 16th, 2023
2022
“Storming of the Capitol”, Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY - Jan. 29th, 2022
2019
"Working Class New York" (solo), American Labor Museum, Haledon, NJ (TBA)
2018
"The Corner", Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, NY - Oct. 12th
"Cit.i.zen.ship: Reflections on Rights", Department of Photography & Imaging Galleries, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Manhattan, NY - Oct. 4th
"4th Annual Brook Park Arts Festival", Brook Park, Bronx, NY - Aug. 4th
2017
"3rd Annual Brook Park Arts Festival", Brook Park, Bronx, NY - Jul. 29th
2016
"1st Annual Your New York Minute at New York City PhotoPlus Expo", Jacob K. Javits Center, Manhattan, NY - Oct. 19
"2nd Annual Brook Park Arts Festival", Brook Park, Bronx, NY - May 21st
2015
"Bachelors of Fine Art Group Exhibition", Visual Art Building Gallery, NJCU. Jersey City, NJ - Apr. 6th
2014
"Paths That Cross", 313 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ - Mar. 1
Artist Talks
2017
Open Show NYC, Selected Presenter, "Working Class New York", Brooklyn, NY
Selected Press/Media Coverage
2023
Nightcrawler Photographers Unhappy as New York Police Encrypt Radios, Petapixel, November 28th, 2023
New York Police Encrypt Radios to Leave Nightcrawlers in the Dark, The Times (of London), November, 24th, 2023
Over and Out? City Council Hearing eyes NYPD Radio Encrytion Plan that Could Shut Press and Public Out of Breaking Crime News, AM New York, November 14th, 2023
https://www.amny.com/news/city-council-nypd-radio-encryption-hearing-planned/
Nighttime Scanner, Columbia Journalism Review (Podcast), July 24th, 2023
https://www.cjr.org/podcast/police-radio-scanner-journalism.php
2018
10 Latino Photographers Documenting Underrepresented Communities, Remezcla, August 31st, 2018
https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/latino-photographer-underrepresented-communities/
2016
Portraits of working class New York, GroundTruth Project, November 1st, 2016
https://thegroundtruthproject.org/emerging-photographers-portraits-of-working-class-new-york/
New York City’s Blue-Collar Industry Isn’t Dead, TIME Lightbox, April 18th, 2016
https://time.com/4296434/new-york-primary-working-class-dakota-santiago/
2014
NJCU student portrays Jersey City’s urban decay in photo project, Jersey Journal, page 8, July 22nd, 2014
Clients/Publications
New York Times | CNN | NBC | CBS | ABC | FOX | PIX | New York Post | Newsday | Daily Mail | News Nation | NY1 | News12