Jay is a queer, nonbinary storyteller, educator, and multidisciplinary artist from New Orleans whose work bridges ancestral wisdom, dharmic principles, and digital media. With over a decade of experience in design, project management, and youth arts education, Jay creates spaces for communities to explore identity, heal generational trauma, and cultivate liberation through storytelling and genealogy. A devoted Aborisha and practitioner in both Mahāyāna and Theravāda Buddhist lineages, they integrate Buddhist practice with creative expression to facilitate youth-led projects, retreats, and workshops that honor the past while inspiring collective healing.